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United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Book • 1898
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S.
649 (1898), is a pivotal Supreme Court decision holding that Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents, was a U.S.
citizen by birth despite the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
In a 6-2 ruling written by Justice Horace Gray, the Court interpreted the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to grant citizenship to anyone born on U.S.
soil and subject to its jurisdiction, excluding only children of diplomats, invading armies, or occupying forces.
This precedent affirmed jus soli (right of soil) birthright citizenship and has shaped American immigration law for over a century.
649 (1898), is a pivotal Supreme Court decision holding that Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents, was a U.S.
citizen by birth despite the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
In a 6-2 ruling written by Justice Horace Gray, the Court interpreted the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to grant citizenship to anyone born on U.S.
soil and subject to its jurisdiction, excluding only children of diplomats, invading armies, or occupying forces.
This precedent affirmed jus soli (right of soil) birthright citizenship and has shaped American immigration law for over a century.
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Michael Dreeben
Will SCOTUS Let Trump Rewrite Birthright Citizenship? (with Michael Dreeben)
