2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1678+ words) Public Books a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship A Tale of Two Families: Birthright Citizenship and Family Reunification for Chinese Migrants in 1925 On July 11, 1924, the Lincoln reached Angel Island, the desolate and remote location of the infamous immigration station…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (254+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship The line, the note, and the volume of Chinese litigation captured the shift as officials saw it: before, the Chinese could return, and after, they could be kept out. For this reason, they…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1696+ words) The Fourteenth Amendment transformed American citizenship in the nineteenth century, but for Chinese immigrants and their American-born children, exclusion persisted. a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship The Meaning of Alienage for Wong Kim Ark When Congress debated the wording…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1631+ words) Public Books a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship The Historical Paths to and from Wong Kim Ark Birthright citizenship, as a common law principle, was a cornerstone of the American Republic at its founding.1 Like many “universal” rights at…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (849+ words) a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Daisy Hernández’s new book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth (Hogarth Press, February 2026), blends in-depth reporting with memoir to interrogate the very idea of American citizenship, highlighting notions of citizenship through exclusion, social…...