Are Children of Foreign Spies Citizens of your Nation? Article Title: These brothers were born in Toronto, but their parents were Russian spies, so they cannot be Canadian However the U.S. is the only country on the face of the earth where these children of illegal foreign spies would automatically be citizens of the country because they were born on your soil. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/their-parents-were-russian-spies-so-they-cannot-be-canadian The sons of two Russian “deep cover” spies are fighting to keep the Canadian citizenship they acquired while their parents were living in Toronto under assumed identities and secretly working for Russian intelligence. Alexander and Timothy Vavilov, 21 and 25, are the children of Elena Vavilova and Andrey Bezrukov, Russian operatives who were sent to Canada to develop “legends” that would mask their spying activities in the United States. (More at above url). Hint - there has never been a previous successful case in Canada of "I was born on your soil to parents there illegally therefore I am a citizen".