“Here is a very broad generalization, which, it is to be feared, may apply to Indians as well as Chinese,” the March 30, 1898, editorial stated. It concluded, “So long as the state can ...

NPR's Throughline hosts and producers, Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, tell us the story of how birthright citizenship began in 1898 with the ... after visiting China, his parents' homeland.