He won a landmark Supreme Court birthright citizenship case. El Paso tried to deport Wong Kim Ark anyway https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070722_wong_kim_ark_citizenship/he-won-landmark-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-case-el-paso-tried-deport-wong-kim-ark-anyway/
Wong Kim Ark has the unique distinction as perhaps the only person with a Supreme Court ruling declaring him, by name, a citizen of the United States — but that didn’t prevent an immigration official from arresting him and beginning deportation proceedings.
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