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His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it.
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it.
One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.
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One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.
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Yael Schacher
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As historians know but I just want to articulate: Chinese people fighting for their rights IN COURT laid the groundwork for immigrant rights fights in federal courts today. Chinese immigrants brought suits, despite the odds. They didn’t always win. But Wong Kim Ark did. And it’s a big one.
May 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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As historians know but I just want to articulate: Chinese people fighting for their rights IN COURT laid the groundwork for immigrant rights fights in federal courts today. Chinese immigrants brought suits, despite the odds. They didn’t always win. But Wong Kim Ark did. And it’s a big one.
May 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
As historians know but I just want to articulate: Chinese people fighting for their rights IN COURT laid the groundwork for immigrant rights fights in federal courts today. Chinese immigrants brought suits, despite the odds. They didn’t always win. But Wong Kim Ark did. And it’s a big one.
— Yael Schacher (@yaelschacher.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T11:16:00.149Z
Sherrilyn Ifill
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A good morning to read about birthright citizenship from the perspective of the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the plaintiff whose case in 1898 affirmed that birthright citizenship is guaranteed to the children of undocumented migrants born in the U.S. wapo.st/3F9Djae
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it.
One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.
wapo.st
May 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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A good morning to read about birthright citizenship from the perspective of the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the plaintiff whose case in 1898 affirmed that birthright citizenship is guaranteed to the children of undocumented migrants born in the U.S. wapo.st/3F9Djae
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it.
One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.
wapo.st
May 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
A good morning to read about birthright citizenship from the perspective of the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the plaintiff whose case in 1898 affirmed that birthright citizenship is guaranteed to the children of undocumented migrants born in the U.S. wapo.st/3F9Djae
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T11:13:06.837Z