Bill of Complaint
1/7/1921
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Following his naturalization in 1920, the Immigration and Naturalization Service reexamined the petition of Bhagat Singh Thind and ruled that as he did not qualify for naturalization his earlier naturalization should be revoked.
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Settling in Oregon, Bhagat Singh Thind served during World War I and was naturalized at least twice. However in 1921, the District Court of Oregon filed a bill of complaint denying citizenship to Thind. The case went to the Supreme Court and in its 1923 decision, the court ended up defining Asian Indians as non-white and ineligible for naturalization.
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2641495Full Citation: Bill of Complaint; 1/7/1921; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/bill-of-complaint, May 7, 2024]