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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Bill Would Expand Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants

On Tuesday, Assembly member Roger Hernandez (D-West Covina) introduced a bill (AB 35) that would provide about 400,000 undocumented immigrants in California with access to state-administered health care services. AB 35 also would allow certain immigrants to obtain unemployment benefits and a state ID card, among other things.

Reader Comments:
  • 1
  • 12/14/2012
  • Tim Colling

Why don't we just admit that undocumented immigrants have more rights than other persons who commit acts defined to be crimes by our laws, because they mostly support Democratic candidates and because, under our current voter registration laws, they can register and vote (Democrat) with little or no risk of being caught or prosecuted?



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