As California struggles to wrestle its budget back into balance, an ever-louder chorus of critics suggests there is an easy answer to the state's troubles: End all services to illegal immigrants.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waved away these concerns June 5 when he told the Bee editorial board that it is a "myth" that illegal immigrants are to blame for the state's budget problems.
"Our budget is out of whack because we have self-inflicted wounds that the Legislature and this state has never really sat down and had the will to go and make the necessary changes that have to be made," he said.
But the governor's answer did not satisfy the critics, if The Bee's comment boards, letters and phone calls are any indication. Why not end those services, these people ask, before shutting down state parks, laying off public employees or cutting the safety net for U.S. citizens? (June 21, 2009)
Posted by: Uriel Lopez
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