Posted on 11/04/2018 4:03:21 AM PST by DFG
In 1895, in his early 20s, Wong Kim Ark returned to the United States, the place of his birth.
He’d grown up in San Francisco, the son of Chinese immigrants, and was a cook by trade. His parents had returned to their own homeland in 1890, and he’d gone with them — but in the time since he’d established a transnational lifestyle.
He’d started a family in China, but repeatedly made trips back to the US to work. In fact, he’d just met his first child, conceived on an earlier trip, and gotten his wife pregnant with a second.
Such arrangements were not uncommon for Chinese-American men, as the Chinese population in the US was overwhelmingly male.
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But ONLY to the children of persons who are here LEGALLY.
This article is misleading.
The US doesn’t grant birth right citizenship. I guess NY hasn’t heard.
Where did you read that?
Link please?
Why? Being legal permanent residents didn't prevent his parents from returning to their home country.
What possible logic could there be in separating a child from the natural Allegiance of his parents and giving him a citizenship he doesn't even have the legal ability to ask for?
Please ignore my #23
All things considered, especially my last doctor’s visit, I no longer give a damn.
Say what? You OK??? Things don’t sound good on your end.
“The Hart-Cellar Act”
Thank you so much for the info.
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