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Excellent, so for all the anchors who used the Wong Kim Ark to show anchor babies are citizens, the case actually proves otherwise...

In the 1898 case of Wong Kim Ark, the Court simply held that a child born of Chinese immigrants who were lawfully and permanently in the United States — “domiciled” here, to use the Court’s phrase — was a citizen.

11 posted on 08/24/2015 6:41:36 AM PDT by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: 11th Commandment
Excellent, so for all the anchors who used the Wong Kim Ark to show anchor babies are citizens, the case actually proves otherwise...

And you should read Chief Justice Fuller's dissenting opinion. It's a masterpiece.

34 posted on 08/24/2015 8:46:25 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The fourth estate is the fifth column.)
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Excellent, so for all the anchors who used the Wong Kim Ark to show anchor babies are citizens, the case actually proves otherwise...

When lawyers are involved, common sense isn't.

79 posted on 08/24/2015 2:45:02 PM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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