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This article originated in the spirit of honoring women in the discipline of history and centering women’s history. In this light, my sister has been one of my greatest sources of strength and inspiration. It is with the deepest affection that I dedicate this article to her. <3

Many thanks to Benjamin and Gary and the scholars who helped me strengthen my scholarship.

Drawing on women’s writing, family oral histories, and legal records, this article reveals how a patchwork of state and federal laws systematically undermined the rights and protections of U.S. citizenship for children even as court victories affirmed birthright citizenship.

As a result, U.S.-born children lived their childhoods at the intersection of xenophobic campaigns pledging to disenfranchise them and their families.

Legislators, private citizens, health officials, judges, and immigration authorities advocated for racial limits on birthright citizenship by invoking parents' legal status.

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Vibes.

The special issue concludes with an epilogue by the brilliant Mae Ngai.

We're grateful for this collaboration. Many thanks to the eight peer reviewers and Marisa Wieneke for being an excellent production editor!

The scholars elucidate the history of disability and children, Japanese American internment, and settler migration and the Lakota (among other topics). Each article is superb.

The introduction is open access and the issue includes fantastic articles by Michael Jin, Yukako Otori, and Lila Teeters Knolle (among others).

Thank you for being you, always.