Trump v. Barbara · ¶507

The Court dismisses these pointed and repeated references to domicile, arguing that domicile was merely an incidental fact and not an element of the holding. Ante, at 24–25. But Justice Gray had a good reason for pointing out that Wong Kim Ark’s parents had established their domicile here. A person’s domicile is the place where he or she intends to live indefinitely. E.g., Ennis v. Smith, 14 How. 400, 422–423 (1853); Mitchell v. United States, 21 Wall. 350, 352 (1875). Therefore, the fact that they had established domicile here meant that they wanted to make the United States their home.

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