{"id":17056,"date":"2018-05-10T15:36:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T19:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17056"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:29:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:29:27","slug":"pays-illegal-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/05\/10\/pays-illegal-california\/","title":{"rendered":"It Pays to be Illegal in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

It certainly is a good time to be an illegal alien in California. Democratic State Sen. Ricardo Lara last week pitched a bill to permit illegal immigrants to serve on all state and local boards and commissions. This week, lawmakers unveiled a $1 billion health care plan<\/a> that would include spending $250 million to extend health care coverage to all illegal alien adults.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, undocumented adults are explicitly and unjustly locked out of healthcare due to their immigration status. In a matter of weeks, California legislators will have a decisive opportunity to reverse that cruel and counterproductive fact,\u201d Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula said in Monday\u2019s Sacramento Bee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His legislation,\u00a0Assembly Bill 2965<\/a>, would give as many as 114,000 uninsured illegal aliens access to Medi-Cal programs. A companion bill has been sponsored by State Sen. Richard Lara.<\/p>\n

But that could just be a drop in the bucket. The Democrats\u2019 plan covers more than 100,000 illegal aliens with annual incomes bless than $25,000, however an estimated 1.3 million might be eligible based on their earnings.<\/p>\n

In addition, it is estimated that 20 percent of those living in California illegally are uninsured \u2013 the $250 million covers just 11 percent.<\/p>\n

So, will politicians soon be asking California taxpayers once again to dip into their pockets to pay for the remaining 9 percent?<\/p>\n

Before they ask for more, Democrats have to win the approval of Gov. Jerry Brown, who cautioned against spending away the state\u2019s surplus when he introduced<\/a>\u00a0his $190 billion budget proposal in January.<\/p>\n

Given Brown\u2019s openness to expanding Medi-Cal expansions in recent years, not to mention his proclivity for blindly supporting any measure benefitting lawbreaking immigrants, the latest fiscal irresponsibility may win approval.<\/p>\n

And if he takes a pass, the two Democrats most likely to succeed Brown – Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa \u2013 favor excessive social spending<\/a> and are actively courting illegal immigrant support.