California is one of 22 states and two cities that have quickly challenged Trump’s order to remove birthright citizenship for future children starting next month.

The story of birthright citizenship is as San Francisco as they come,” City Attorney David Chiu declared. On Tuesday, San Francisco and California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit to halt President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.

Universal birthright citizenship has long been considered a constitutional right that got its start in San Francisco, thanks to a gutsy young man in Chinatown.

California joins New Jersey, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin,

Ellison tells WCCO that birthright citizenship is guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that the Supreme Court has twice ruled that birthright citizenship extends to everyone born in the United States, including the children of immigrants regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed a slew of lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by his opponents to block his agenda in court.

California and 17 other states suit to stop President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, long established as a constitutional right that began in San Francisco thanks to a gutsy young man in the city's Chinatown.