CA AJR5

Declares the California Legislature's opposition to Executive Order No. 14160, issued January 20, 2025, which attempts to end birthright citizenship for children born to mothers unlawfully present or on temporary status when the father is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident

Affirms the Legislature's commitment to birthright citizenship as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)

Notes California joined 17 states, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. in suing to block the executive order on constitutional and statutory grounds

Highlights the impact on California, where one in four residents is an immigrant and about half of all children have at least one immigrant parent

Honors Wong Kim Ark, a San Francisco-born Chinese American whose 1898 Supreme Court case established that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the United States, including children of resident aliens