My mom sent me a text earlier pointing out this issue. I also wrote to my immigration professor about it. The children that were born in the US are citizens. The only way to be born in the US and not be a citizen is to not be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The only people that fall into this category, as far as I know, are the children of diplomats. The spies were not diplomats by any means.
Interestingly, immigration laws were used to officially deport the spies even though it was really just a political spy-swap. After the spies plead guilty, the judge removed all the other charges and found them in violation of immigration laws. The spies chose voluntary departure.
Here's an article about the children of the spies. Some of the older ones are staying here, it seems.
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Here's the article where I got my info on the deportation of the spies. It's in Russian.
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Friday, July 2, 2010
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