Wong Kim Ark, a San Francisco-born cook, had left the country to visit China and was barred from re-entering the U.S., arrested, and confined to the ship he had traveled in upon his return in 1895.

San Francisco leaders on Friday commemorated nearly 130 years since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed birthright citizenship to everyone born in the country, including the children of all immigrants.

The Supreme Court explicitly affirmed birthright citizenship for children of immigrants, regardless of their parents’ immigration status, in the 1898 case of Wong Kim Ark vs. the United States.

Wong Kim Ark, only the children of U.S. citizens or green card holders with permanent “domicile” in the United States are eligible for birthright citizenship under the Constitution.

As the court filings continue to pile up in cases against President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, San Francisco is gearing up for a busy week to support the man behind the ...

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 ...