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While I don't like that warmongering nation any more than you do, in this case, it is not a secret that people's citizenship can be affected by where they are born, their parents' citizenship etc.

So, if anything, their parents are to blame and not these folks who had no choice in the matter.

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The US is really the only country in the world that's this aggressive about their citizenship. A few others come close (I believe Turkey doesn't allow you to revoke Turkish citizenship and claims children of Turks born abroad as citizens, or something like that), but most western countries determine citizenship based on where and how you register your child's birth.

It's quite unreasonable to expect all non-Americans to be aware of all these little exceptions in US law.

Well, regarding the French citizenship, as long as the parents aren't registering their children born abroad at a French consulate the kids are not French citizens. Easy enough yo do all that later. And that part of citizenship is different from requesting passports.

Source: My own children, both dual citizenship, different names on each passport due different naming legislation for unmarried parents, one with two passports, the other currently only with one.

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