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The shared history of California & Mexico, why anti-ICE protestors were waving Mexican flags
Spanish interest in the region picked up when Russia looked to settle in the Californias in the mid-18th century. While ...
How bones that washed up on New Jersey beaches were identified as a 19th-century ship captain
Henry Goodsell's remains washed up over decades. Forensic genetic genealogy is gaining wider use, and helped solve the case.
How a Massachusetts town became a flashpoint for Trump's immigration crackdown
Far from the southern border, Massachusetts' immigrant community lives in fear of ICE and high school students are leading the local resistance.
What is the Insurrection Act?
The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to deploy the military to enforce laws on US soil, including arresting ...
Could Trump invoke another rarely-used law to deal with LA protests?
The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to deploy the military to enforce laws on US soil, including arresting ...
100 years ago, the Social Gospel movement pushed to improve workers’ lives – but also to promote its vision of Christian America
How has white Christian nationalism changed since the Gilded Age? A religion scholar compares the Social Gospel with the ...
My Edmonds News11d
In Days Gone By: 1880s Immigration and the Medeen Family
Foreword: In previous articles regarding O.C. Sorensen and Leonard “Luder” Lund, who both immigrated to the U.S., I ...
The Times Leader12d
Out on a Limb: Old church records can help genealogists
Getting a line on our ancestors’ languages in those early days can lead us to the churches they attended. Church records, as ...
Courthouse News Service14d
19th-century Supreme Court case takes center stage in birthright citizenship appeal
The Supreme Court's 1898 ruling in United States v. Wong Kim Ark granted citizenship to the American-born child of Chinese immigrants.
Revocation of Chinese students' visas reignites fear of being othered
The Trump administration's new policy to revoke the visas of Chinese students has advocates for the Asian American community ...
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Birthright Citizenship and 19th-Century ‘Illegal Aliens’
Although the Supreme Court has never addressed the issue directly, lower courts have interpreted birthright citizenship to include the children of illegal immigrants. The court typically decides ...