When officials denied that he was a citizen, Wong Kim Ark took his case to the Supreme Court and won. Today, that decision is the focus of debate over who can be an American. Wong Kim Ark’s ...

The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark — whose landmark 1898 Supreme Court case helped establish a birthright citizenship for all children of immigrants — blasted President Donald Trump’s new ...

A 1898 US Supreme Court ruling in the United States v. Wong Kim Ark case established that anyone born on US soil is a citizen, a New York Times article reports. Here’s the story of how ...

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 ...