Let me talk a little bit about this amendment. When we talk about unfunded mandates. I think it fair to say that In California the mother of all unfunded mandates is the unreimbursed costs from illegal immigration. Why do I say that? It Is because California gets almost onehalf the number of illegal immigrants coming into the country. We put the number of illegal immigrants in our State at about 1.7 million people. The children go to schools. it costs the taxpayers money. People get sick. and it costs the taxpayers money. Illegal immigrants are incarcerated. and it costs the taxpayers money. Simply. in this amendment we are saying: Pay attention to this unfunded mandate that is really wreaking havoc on our State. The people in our State voted for prop 187. a very controversial. a very controversial measure.
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