‘A Giant Magnet for Migrants’: California Lawmaker Pushes Back Against Tax-Funded Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants

An assembly member tells the Sun his effort to defund the Newsom-backed healthcare coverage is ‘overwhelmingly popular’ with the public, which is sick of the government prioritizing ‘citizens of other nations.’

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Asylum-seekers after crossing the border on September 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, California. AP/Denis Poroy, file

As Governor Newsom proposes to tap more than $13 billion from the state’s reserves to address a crippling budget deficit, a rival effort is underway by Republicans to “reprioritize limited taxpayer resources for California citizens in need rather than illegal immigrants who are citizens of a foreign nation.” 

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