Wauchope v. U.S. Department of State

ORDER

PECKHAM, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Prior to 1934, the citizenship laws of the United States had this effect:

[Sjuppose that a United States sister and brother both marry abroad, as many do, and that each has a family of children by marriage. The brother, in either peace or war time, may pick up his children and bring the family into the United States as American citizens. The sister cannot do this.

S.Rep. No. 865, 73d Cong., 2d Sess. 2 (1934). In 1934, the citizenship laws were amended to eliminate this discrimination.

This case concerns the continuing discriminatory effect of that…