What new handouts for illegal immigrants will California pass next?
What new handouts for illegal immigrants will California pass next?
No one cares more about illegal immigrants than California Democrats, who continue to find new privileges to grant them while giving California's legal residents the bill.
Earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1303, which strips the requirement for people to enter their Social Security numbers to enroll in the California LifeLine program. The LifeLine program subsidizes discounts for phone bills for low-income Californians. By removing the Social Security requirement, Newsom and California Democrats are making it possible for illegal immigrants to enroll in the program and receive discounted phone bills thanks to taxpayer money. This was the stated purpose of the law when it was being debated last year before the 2024 elections.
This is just the continuation of a long trend for California Democrats, who wish to make sure that people who crossed the border illegally get any and every handout that can be afforded to them. In California, that even includes handouts that the state can’t afford. Newsom wanted the state (i.e., the taxpayers) to cover all healthcare costs for illegal immigrants, which was originally given a $6 billion price tag. Because California is not good at math, that price tag quickly jumped to $9.5 billion, and Newsom had to impose some limits on the spending, as California tries to avoid a massive, self-inflicted budget crisis.
Newsom still pushed ahead, though, requiring the state to take a $3.44 billion loan from its general fund (the maximum allowed) just to mitigate costs for one month.
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