#OtD 19 Feb 1923, the US Supreme Court decided unanimously to bar South Asians from becoming American citizens and to denaturalize those who had already done so.

#OtD 19 Feb 1923, the US Supreme Court decided unanimously to bar South Asians from becoming American citizens and to denaturalize those who had already done so. They didn't regain the right to become citizens until 1946 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9084/south-asians-denied-us-citizenship