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San Francisco committee advances resolution affirming birthright citizenship, corrects historical date
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted 3-0 to amend and forward a resolution affirming San Francisco's commitment to birthright citizenship, correcting the record about Wong Kim Ark's return year and sending the measure to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors advanced a resolution reaffirming the city's commitment to birthright citizenship and opposing President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to limit that right, voting to amend a historic date and forwarding the resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
Supervisor Connie Chan, sponsor of the measure, presented the resolution and opened the item by framing it as a defense of the Fourteenth Amendment and the century-old precedent set in the Wong Kim Ark litigation. "As a daughter of immigrant parents and a first-generation immigrant myself, it is an honor and a privilege to be able to sit with all of you here today," Chan said, and urged the committee to reaffirm the…
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