Skeet,
I have no idea where you are getting your information, but it is incorrect. All children born on U.S. soil are automatically U.S. citizens from the moment of birth, regardless of the immigration status of their parents. The only exceptions are the children of certain foreign diplomatic personnel posted to the U.S.
California has nothing to do with it. It is Federal law, pursuant to current Federal court interpretation of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
I wish it were not the case, but it is.
