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The history of how birthright citizenship started in California after an 1898 Supreme Court case
Video above: California AG Rob Bonta sues Trump over birthright citizenship executive order Wong Kim Ark, a San Francisco-born Chinese American man, tried to return to the country in 1895 after ...
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U.S. birthright citizenship established by 1898 San Francisco case involving Chinatown resident
But it took an 1898 Supreme Court decision to establish ... was denied reentry into the country after a visit to China on the basis of the Chinese Exclusionary Act. Despite rampant discrimination ...
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How an S.F. man’s 1898 Supreme Court victory established birthright citizenship
“Here is a very broad generalization, which, it is to be feared, may apply to Indians as well as Chinese,” the March 30, 1898, editorial stated. It concluded, “So long as the state can ...
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Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
Chinese Americans gathered in San Francisco for a press conference to protest President Donald Trump’s order aiming to end ...
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Chinese Immigrants and the Gold Rush
In August 1852, the Alta California exposed a brewing court battle. San Francisco's most renowned Chinese madam planned to sue a notorious Chinese leader for extortion. The beautiful Miss Ah Toy ...