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California Proposition 187 (1994) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (542 words) |
 | California Proposition 187 was a 1994 ballot initiative designed to deny illegal immigrants social services, health care, and public education. |
| All law enforcement agents who suspect that a person who has been arrested is in violation of immigration laws must investigate the detainee's immigration status, and if they find evidence of illegality they must report it to the attorney general of California, and to the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). |
| 187 as "the last gasp of white America in California." The proposition came before voters on the November 8, 1994 general election, where it received 59% of the vote. |
| FYI and Capitol Currents, Immigration Review #32 (792 words) |
| Members of the Sierra Club, one of the nation's leading environmental organizations, voted in April to maintain neutrality on U.S. immigration policy, narrowly defeating an effort to develop a policy calling for reduced immigration as a means of slowing U.S. population growth to preserve the environment. |
| Proponents of reduced immigration levels said the vote was a victory for political correctness rather than a defeat for the immigration reform movement. |
| A controversial billboard near the California-Arizona border that declared California "The Illegal Immigration State" was taken down in late June after Latino activists threatened to destroy the sign. |
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