Chinese Americans gathered in San Francisco for a press conference to protest President Donald Trump’s order aiming to end birthright citizenship. They included descendants of Wong Kim Ark, whose Supreme Court case in 1898 solidified the principle in America.

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.

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.

California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco have sued the Trump administration over President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional.

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.