U.S. Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship 120 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 28 1898)


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(Monday, March 28, 1898) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ruled 6-2 today that Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco in 1873 to Chinese immigrants, was an American citizen.