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.

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.

A group of Democratic state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to stop President Trump’s executive order that seeks to eliminate birthright citizenship.

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,

On the second day of President Donald Trump’s administration, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a coalition of 18 states, as well as the cities of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., in suing Trump

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 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.