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Essay Archive - Proposition 187: Don't Mess With Texas
Proposition 187: Don't Mess With Texas
In November of 1994, Californians passed the most controversial piece of
state legislation this decade. Proposition 187 was designed to stem the flow of
illegal aliens into California by withholding all non-emergency medical benefits
from non-naturalized citizens. Latinos turned out in record numbers to voice
their disapproval, and for good reason too. The health care resolutions of
Proposition 187 were products of poor reason and unsound economic judgment. The
resolutions did not get the state any closer to a balanced budget, and only
served to worsen the he....
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