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.
On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, and Tuesday, 18 states including California filed a federal lawsuit to stop the order. President Trump signed the order that would deny citizenship to people born here if they didn't have at least one parent who was a citizen or permanent resident. 'I have one message for President Trump.
Despite rampant discrimination against the Chinese, he sued, saying the 14th Amendment guaranteed his citizenship for having been born here. It took a year for the court to issue its ruling, now considered a fundamental piece of constitutional law.
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