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Quotation from United States v. Wong Kim Ark by Supreme Court of the United States
“To hold that the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution excludes from citizenship the children, born in the United States, of citizens or subjects of other countries would be to deny citizenship to thousands of persons of English, Scotch, Irish, German, or other European parentage who have always been considered and treated as citizens of the United States.”
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, Opinion of the Court (Justice Gray), Part V (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Gray tests the government's theory against its consequences for the children of European immigrants.
Citation: "To hold that the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution excludes from citizenship the children, born in the United States, of citizens or subjects of other countries would be to deny citizenship to thousands of persons of English, Scotch, Irish, German, or other European parentage who have always been considered and treated as citizens of the United States." — Supreme Court of the United States, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, Opinion of the Court (Justice Gray), Part V (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id united-states-v-wong-kim-ark-q3)
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