California's Prop 187 passed 59/41 in 1994; Arizona's Prop 200 passed in 2000. Both failed to be enacted.
Border states are first-responders - asking why illegal immigration is suddenly a "new" issue is disingenuous at best.
Border concerns are obviously not a new issue, given the passage of the two acts in California and Arizona. But those were passed during the Clinton Administration, and where were all of the complainers back then? I heard some muttering about the courts, but nothing much else. Of course, people had SO MUCH to fault Clinton for, but one would have thought that the Minutemen would have surfaced a few years earlier.
No, my major concern is why the HISPANICS suddenly took to the streets...not the concern from Americans. Aren't you curious about why they suddenly felt the urge to demonstrate in all of the major cities? I think I know, and it is because the Hispanics are being used to divide the Republicans right before an election. Without those demonstrations, we would be discussing this but not at such a fever pitch.
I think anyone who thinks it is a new issue has not been paying attention.
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I remember why 187 was not enacted, it was stayed pending a court challenge and then leftist whore Davis decided not to fight the challenge.
But I forget about 200, can you refresh me? tia.
"California's Prop 187 passed 59/41 in 1994; Arizona's Prop 200 passed in 2000. Both failed to be enacted.
Border states are first-responders - asking why illegal immigration is suddenly a "new" issue is disingenuous at best."
Exactly. It just hadn't reached a tipping point yet.
But watching hundreds of thousands of illegals dancing in the streets demanding their "rights" and calling ME a racist pushed me over the edge.