7 Ways Jerry Brown
and California Democrats Embraced Illegal Aliens
by Jon Fleischman 9 Jul 2015
In case you are wondering exactly how aggressive Governor
Jerry Brown and his Democratic colleagues in
the California legislature have been in
trying to erase the distinction between people residing in California legally
versus those here in violation of U.S. immigration
law, here are seven startling but very real ways that they have done so.
1. SANCTUARY STATE AND CITIES
The State of California and literally dozens of cities
around the state, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego, have
adopted policies providing “sanctuary” for illegal aliens who come into contact
with law enforcement. These policies prohibit even inquiring about a
person’s immigration status, and do not allow for state or municipal funds
to be used to enforce federal immigration laws.
Governor Brown and state legislators have gone a step
further by actually passing a state law–the “Trust Act”–that impedes the
ability of local law enforcement in cities which do not have a “sanctuary”
policy.
San Francisco’s policy has put the city in the epicenter of
a media maelstrom with the recent murder of 32-year-old Kathryn Steine. The
accused killer, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, had been deported several times,
was in the country illegally, and was in the custody of the police, but
was let go.
2. THE “ILLEGAL ALIEN” DRIVER’S LICENSE
Democrats pushed through a new law that requires the
California Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a separate driver’s licenses
for people who are here illegally. These individuals can actually use a
“matricula consular” identification card issued by the Mexican government as
valid ID to obtain the driver’s license. The same legislation mandated that
business must provide “full and equal accommodations” to holders of these
illegal immigrant licenses.
3. GOVERNMENT-FUNDED HEALTHCARE FOR ILLEGALS
In the recently-passed California budget there are $40
million dollars set aside for a program that begins to extend health coverage
to children of illegal aliens beginning in May 2016, with the program set to
ramp up to a whopping $132 million for the 2016-17 budget year.
4. CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR ILLEGAL ALIEN DRIVERS
Now that illegal aliens have the privilege of legally
driving on California roads, the governor and legislature have followed up with
another law expanding the anti-discrimination measures of the first bill. These
illegal alien drivers now are protected under the Unruh Civil Rights Act and
the Fair Employment and Housing Act. That’s right–if you refuse to rent an
apartment to someone because they are in the United States illegally–because
you see it marked on their driver’s license,–you can be sued!
5. TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR ILLEGALS TO ATTEND PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES
It is now the law in California that if you are an
undocumented alien, a citizen of a foreign country, but you have been residing
in California, you qualify for lower “in state” tuition and fees at the University of
California, California State University and California Community
College campuses. That’s right–if you are an American citizen or legal
resident, but from another state, you pay significantly higher fees, but
illegal residents of California receive the same benefits as students here
legally.
Two more laws recently enacted also make it clear that
illegal aliens who are attending both pubic and private universities can apply
for publicly-funded CalGrants, and can legally pursue private school loans as
well. The estimated annual cost to California taxpayers for the public aid for
these people in the country illegally? Closing in on $40 million per budget
year.
6. GRANTING OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES TO ILLEGALS
Yet another California law passed by Democrats prohibits
about 40 state licensing boards that confer legal status to professional
occupations from “denying licensure to an individual based on his or her
citizenship or immigration status.”
These professions range from doctors, pharmacists and
psychologists to real estate agents and security guards, to just name some of
the dozens. State law now also allows an illegal alien to sit for the California
Bar exam and be given a license to practice law in California.
7. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR ILLEGALS “DEFERRED” UNDER
OBAMA’S EXECUTIVE ORDER
President Obama decreed that illegal immigrants who entered
the United States before 2010 who were 16 years or younger when they crossed
into the U.S. can obtain renewable work permits, staying in the country
indefinitely. It is estimated that close to two million people could be
eligible nationally. Now, under California law any of these individuals are also eligible
to receive unemployment benefits. That law also requires the California DMV to
issue official state ID cards to any such individuals.
Jerry
Brown
Jerry Brown is the California state government governor,
and Kathleen L. Brown’s brother.
Note:
Kathleen L.
Brown is Jerry Brown’s sister, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
was the California state government
treasurer, and an attorney at O'Melveny
& Myers LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Christopher P. Lu
was a litigation associate at Sidley
Austin LLP, Barack Obama’s
legislative director, a White House cabinet secretary for the Barack Obama administration, is the deputy
secretary for the U.S. Department of
Labor, and married to Kathryn B.
Thomson.
Kathryn B.
Thomson is married to Christopher P.
Lu, the general counsel for the U.S.
Department of Transportation, was Ray H. LaHood’s counselor, and a
partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Ray H. LaHood’s
counselor was Kathryn B. Thomson,
and was the secretary at the U.S. Department of
Transportation for the Barack Obama
administration.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and the
attorney for ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.
Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was the plaintiff for ACORN
vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the legal adviser for the Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
David F. Hamilton
was a canvasser for Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), and is Lee H. Hamilton’s nephew.
Lee H. Hamilton is
David F. Hamilton’s uncle, a co-chair
for the Independent Task Force on Immigration
and America's Future, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society,
and Mayor Gavin Newsom was an invited
to his 2013 wedding reception.
William T. Coleman
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Richard
C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), married to Senator Dianne Feinstein, a regent at the University of California, and an Economic Advisory Council member
for the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco.
Dianne
Feinstein is married to Richard C.
Blum, a U.S. Senate senator, and
was the San Francisco (CA) mayor.
Gavin
Newsom was the San Francisco (CA)
mayor, invited to George Soros’s 2013
wedding reception, and is the lieutenant governor for the California state government.
Jerry
Brown is the California state
government governor, and Kathleen L.
Brown’s brother.
Kathleen L. Brown
is Jerry Brown’s sister, a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago, was
the California state government
treasurer, and an attorney at O'Melveny
& Myers LLP.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
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