Posted on 04/10/2009 4:47:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
THE LATEST ON CALIFORNIA POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
April 10, 2009
Initiative to target illegal immigrants, their children
A group of conservative activists are hoping to bring the issue of illegal immigration back to the front-burner of California politics with a new ballot measure that would create a new caste of birth certificates for children of illegal immigrants and require undocumented parents to be photographed, fingerprinted and pay an additional $75 fee.
A first version of the measure was cleared for circulation on Friday, but Ted Hilton, one of the measure's authors, said in a brief phone interview that the proponents planned to "to do some changes and then re-file" the measure.
He hung up before sharing what parts of the measure would be changed. Former Republican state Sen. Bill Morrow, another author of the measure, could not be immediately be reached for comment.
Proponents call the measure the California Taxpayer Protection Act 2010. They have a here, is aimed for the June 2010 ballot, according to the Web site.
Once a final version is cleared for signature gathering, they must collect 433,971 valid signatures from registered voters in 150 days to qualify for the ballot.
"This is going to be a tremendous grassroots effort," said Hilton.
Few ballot measures in California qualify without funded signature-gathering campaigns and proponents have already created a fundraising account, which spent nearly $200,000 in 2008. Funds were raised mostly in small increments.
Attorney General Jerry Brown has given the first draft of the measure its official title and summary:
DENIAL OF PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR PERSONS WHO CANNOT VERIFY LAWFUL PRESENCE. DENIAL OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES TO CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS WHO FAIL TO VERIFY STATUS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
Requires applicants for state, local, and state-administered federal aid
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
No mention of the billions lost abusing the 14th Amendment, in Dopey-Changey Land, there are no rules, no guns and no judgments...or borders...
Ping!
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