Here's an example of the ethical dilemma that the 14th amendment can raise.
The USA deported ten Russian spies yesterday as part of a prisoner exchange. These spies were in America for years. Some of them had children here. Those children are U.S. Citizens under our laws.
MOSCOW, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Russian diplomatic missions abroad will help the children of the Russian citizens convicted of spying in the United States return to their parents, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Friday.
"Russian diplomatic missions abroad will provide what assistance they can in resolving issues related to the return of the children of Russian citizens, accused in the U.S. of espionage," the Foreign Ministry said.
Earlier, the U.S. said it would not create obstacles to the return of the children to their parents in Russia.
Among the accused, there are four married couples with a total of seven children.
The 17-year-old son of Vicky Pelaez and Mikhail Vasenkov, who had been known as Juan Lazaro from Uruguay, was expected to stay in the United States with his 38-year-old half-brother, Pelaez's son from a previous marriage.
Mikhail Kutsik and Natalia Pereverzeva, who were known as Michael Zottoli and Patricia Mills, began soon after their arrest to make arrangements for their two children, aged 1 and 3, to go to Russia.
It is not yet clear what will happen to the other four children.
Meanwhile an unnamed Russian security official was quoted by news agencies as saying that the Russian plane carrying 10 convicted Russian spies was headed to Moscow from Vienna.
Two planes, one from Russia and the other from U.S., involved in the spy swap deal took off from the Vienna airport Friday. The flights were believed to be carrying agents in a 14-person exchange.