Today would have been my maternal uncle’s 65th birthday.
He died in 1983 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 21. I never met him, but I carry him every day; I was named for him.
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Every day, I work with records where America argues with itself about who gets to belong here.
Birthright citizenship should not even be before the Court.
The answer is in our history.
The answer is in our records.
The answer is in our Constitution.
https://t.co/rducsHG15z.
Last year, I decided to sue the government.
If the government will not follow the law, researchers and families are left with one lever: litigation.
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At the heart of the #birthrightcitizenship fight is a very old question: who gets to belong in the United States.
We have been here before. Heard of Wong Kim Ark?
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@jonstewart Looks like your maternal GF immigrated in 1927 (line 24) - *after* ImmAct24, receiving a visa under the Chinese quota; he became USC in 1933. Paternal GM immigrated 1913 (line 10); she became USC through father in 1922. Maternal GM & paternal GF born here to immigrant parents.
@BLNadeau@CNN@CNNTravel Thanks for bringing attention to this massive change. Note that there a handful of inaccuracies regarding the decree's provisions and the previous process in the article. I couldn't find an email address; feel free to reach out via DM or email ([email protected]) to discuss.
@ChristineCohen5 Visa packets for nonimmigrant aliens were kept at the port of entry and destroyed, so those are not able to be requested as they are no longer extant.
@ChristineCohen5 This USUALLY relates to whether or not an immigrant had a USC spouse/child/parent or not. If someone was issued a visa, those records are with the USCIS Genealogy Program - whose records were just proposed a drastic fee hike. More on that soon. 2/2
@ChristineCohen5 Hey there, a bit confused by this question. All immigrants after 07/01/1924 needed a visa to enter the USA, and so what is what is noted on here. If an alien resident left and came back, they were required to have a Re-Entry Permit. Q or NQ relates to Quota or NonQuota... 1/2
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@RussContreras them, we simply don't have the whole story. This was not that uncommon. However, undocumented arrivals usually only caused issues for people who wished to naturalize OR if their arrival was after 07/01/1924, when visas began. Why Alda's status became a problem is unknown. 3/3
@RussContreras alien is unlikely, as her status had been legalized months before the US entered the war (and thus Italians became enemy aliens). Her undocumented nature could certainly have caused problems or potential deportation proceedings, however. Lots of files might exist but without /2
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