States' rights: Cali Wants to Grant Amnesty to-Ahem, 1,000,000 "Undocumented Wokers"

[bobbyw24]

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants could live and work openly in California with little or no fear of deportation under an initiative unveiled Friday by a state legislator and others.
Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, a Democrat, is helping spearhead the measure, called the California Opportunity and Prosperity Act.

The proposal was filed Friday with the state Attorney General's Office, marking a first step toward a drive to collect the 504,760 voter signatures needed to qualify for the ballot.

Fuentes called the measure a "moderate, common-sense approach" necessitated by the federal government's inability to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

"I hope this shows Washington, D.C., that if they fail to act, California will take the lead on this critical issue," Fuentes said in a written statement.


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[james1906]

Yep, California will continue to destroy its middle class.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Yay. Instead of taking the route of removing the welfare state, etc to get them to leave, we will let them vote!

 

[erowe1]

What does amnesty mean here? They can't make them US citizens, can they?

It says it would make them able to live and work without fear of deportation. That's a good thing, right?

 

[erowe1]

Yay. Instead of taking the route of removing the welfare state, etc to get them to leave, we will let them vote!

Whoa. I missed that part. This will make them legal voters?

 

[Kludge]

Yay. Instead of taking the route of removing the welfare state, etc to get them to leave, we will let them vote!

I think you mean "let them pay taxes." It's a state cash grab. Hope it fails.

 

[Wineman77]

Whoa. I missed that part. This will make them legal voters?

No, it wouldn't. You have to be a US citizen to vote and a state initiative can not make anyone a US citizen. It will not pass anyway. Even here in Cali...