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All Persons Born or Naturalized ... The Legacy of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark URL: http://library.uchastings.edu/library/topical-and-course-research-guides/wkadisplay/ Description: Presentation about a landmark 1884 U.S. Supreme Court decision that found "a child born to two Chinese nationals legally present on American soil was an American citizen" and would be allowed to return to the U.S. despite federal Chinese Exclusion Acts. Includes history of anti-Chinese laws and details about Wong Kim Ark's case and current legal issues. Prepared by librarian Chuck Marcus of the Hastings Law Library, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. LII Topics: Judicial Process, Law, Trials, Trials & Cases Author: Marcus, Chuck Publisher: University of California, Hastings College of the Law Extra Keywords 14th Amendment Constitution Dublin Core Material Type: Text, Image Library of Congress Subject Headings: Children of immigrants Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States Citizenship -- United States LII Database Information: Record 28239 created by Maria Brandt on 04/14/2009 Last modification on 05/06/2009 Published: 05/06/2009 California Digital Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28239 |
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