8 U.S.C. § 601
Section 601 · 601 to 605. Repealed. June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, 403(a)(42), 66 Stat. 280, eff. Dec. 24, 1952
Applied in 38 court decisions — leading case Wong Wing Foo v. McGrath (1952)
Most recently applied in Chavez-Garcia v. Sessions (September 2017)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 601, acts Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subch. II, 201, 54 Stat. 1138; July 31, 1946, ch. 708, 60 Stat. 721, related to persons born nationals and citizens. See section 1401 of this title. Sections 602 to 605, act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subch. II, 202205, 54 Stat. 1139, related to citizens by birth in Puerto Rico, Canal Zone or Panama, nationals but not citizens and children born out of wedlock. See sections 1402, 1403, 1408, 1409 (a), (c), and 1407, respectively, of this title.