“The Wong decision was meant to undo the immoral Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882,” Swearer said. “So, universal birthright citizenship isn’t required by the 14th Amendment’s text or ...

But birthright citizenship is ultimately an American ideal. That is, all of the Americas. Nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere grants citizenship to children born in its ...

The birthright amendment was challenged in a landmark Supreme Court case 30 years later, in 1898, after Wong Kim Ark, a man born to Chinese parents in San Francisco in 1870, was detained upon ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling-to-come could have implications far beyond the birthright citizenship case, ... That case dealt with a man born in San Francisco to Chinese parents named Wong King Ark.

The Supreme Court’s ruling-to-come could have implications far beyond the birthright citizenship case, ... That case dealt with a man born in San Francisco to Chinese parents named Wong King Ark.

In 1898 an important birthright citizenship case unfolded in the U.S. Supreme Court. The court held that Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen ...

A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in Seattle seemed conflicted Wednesday about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship — the idea ...

Professor Bill Ong Hing, a towering figure in the field of immigration law, shares his views on the legal and psychological ...

Trump, on his first day in office, issued an executive order rescinding birthright citizenship, which has been in place at least since 1865 and the adoption of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Cancelling birthright citizenship On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) banning birthright citizenship. This directive will impact children born to ...