Sworn Departure Statement of Wong Kim Ark, November 5, 1894
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Title
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Sworn Departure Statement of Wong Kim Ark, November 5, 1894
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Description
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Signed by Wong Kim Ark, this document affirms that he was born in and is a citizen of the United States. It confirms that he took a trip to China in 1890 and was allowed re-entry "on the grounds that he was a citizen of the United States." Note: there is a discrepancy regarding Wong's birth year. Documents like this and Wong's application for a writ of habeas corpus list his birth year as 1870, while the Supreme Court case lists Wong's year of birth as 1873, which would have made him 21 years of age in November 1894. It is unclear which year is correct or why there is a discrepancy in the birth year reported for Wong.
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Date
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November 5, 1894
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Creator
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Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, San Francisco District Office
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Publisher
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The National Archives at San Francisco
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Subject
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Chinese Exclusion, Wong Kim Ark, Chinese Immigration and Emigration, Birthright Citizenship
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Format
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Textual Record
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Coverage
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San Francisco, California
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Language
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English
