When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is the focus of debate over who can be an American. Wong Kim Ark’s ...

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A 1898 US Supreme Court ruling in the United States v. Wong Kim Ark case established that anyone born on US soil is a citizen, a New York Times article reports. Here’s the story of how ...

Wong Kim Ark was born in the U.S. and lived his whole life here. But when he returned from a trip to China in August of 1895, officials wouldn't... Birthright Citizenship Wong Kim Ark was born in ...

For San Francisco, it means the story of Wong Kim Ark is more relevant than ever. He was a Chinese man born in the city’s Chinatown, whose case would go on to set the precedent for who gets to ...

The principle was upheld by the 1898 Supreme Court case United States vs Wong Kim Ark, which affirmed that children born in the US are citizens, regardless of their parents' immigration status.

I won't say it wasn't a surprise, but it happened so quickly. Norman Wong, Descendant of Wong Kim Ark: It's frightening, actually. Donald Trump, President of the United States: Birthright ...

From Elk v. Wilkens (1884) to United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) and beyond, not only do we find no support for his executive order, but we also find evidence directly to the contrary.

By far the most important case on immigration and birthright was Wong Kim Ark vs. the U.S. Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco in 1873, but was denied reentry to the U.S. after a trip abroad ...