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Friday, March 28, 2008
Supreme Court ruled on Chinese Exclusion Act
On March 28, 1898, the US Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the US to Chinese immigrants was a US citizen and could not be deported under the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Read
US v. Wong Kim Ark
and learn more about the
Chinese Exclusion Act
.
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