When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is ...

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...

I THINK HE WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE’S TALKING ABOUT WONG KIM ARK, A PART OF HIS FAMILY HISTORY HE LEARNED LATER IN LIFE FROM HIS OWN FATHER. WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT, I DIDN’T KNOW HOW ...

Wong Kim Ark, a San Francisco-born cook, had left the country to visit China and was barred from re-entering the U.S., arrested, and confined to the ship he had traveled in upon his return in 1895.

I won't say it wasn't a surprise, but it happened so quickly. Norman Wong, Descendant of Wong Kim Ark: It's frightening, actually. Donald Trump, President of the United States: Birthright ...

A 20-year-old man named Wong Kim Ark, born and living in San Francisco's Chinatown, was denied reentry into the country after a visit to China on the basis of the Chinese Exclusionary Act.

He's pointing at the location where Wong Kim Ark was born. His life became the story of birthright citizenship as we know it today. Wong Kim Ark was born to Chinese parents, who like many Chinese ...

Wong Kim Ark, a San Francisco-born cook, had left the country to visit China and was barred from re-entering the U.S., arrested, and confined to the ship he had traveled in upon his return in 1895.

Wong Kim Ark. It states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” ...