Norman Wong stood Friday at the location in San Francisco’s Chinatown where the birth of his ancestor, Wong Kim Ark, more than 150 years ago set in motion the establishment of birthright citizenship ...

As the court filings continue to pile up in cases against President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, San ...

San Francisco leaders on Friday commemorated nearly 130 years since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed birthright citizenship to ...

Wong Kim Ark that anyone born on the country’s soil is automatically an American citizen.

San Francisco honored Wong Kim Ark by presenting his great-grandson with a declaration and artist's rendition of an HIstoric Landmark plaque to commemorate Wong. The ceremony in San Francisco's ...

A short history of this case can help us understand how this precedent was established and why plans to dismantle birthright citizenship today are so wrongheaded. Wong Kim Ark was a 24-year-old ...

On March 28, 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth and that "the American citizenship which Wong Kim Ark acquired by birth within the United States ...