“The article doesn’t mention how much California has coddled illegal immigrants.”
That’s because every one of the charges in the article is true. Yours is not.
Every state in the union yawned while California’s border with Mexico was erased.
California voters did their best not to coddle the invaders by overwhelmingly passing Prop. 186; it was thrown out by a Federal judge.
So voting failed us. What would you have had us do? Field our own army?
I think Americans who don’t live in California rewrite history to deflect responsibility for the unopposed invasion and annexation of the greatest state in the union by a foreign power.
Regardless of who implemented the coddling in California, it is being done more so in California than in any other state.
Arizona recognizes the drain on their economy. They are taking illegal immigration on at the state and local levels. Also being challenged by the federal government, but Arizona is fighting it.
California is offering illegal immigrant breaks on tuition. State financed tuition aid for illegals. California bans the use of E-Verify. California bans police from impounding vehicles of unlicensed drivers.
Arizona has taken actions that have made it known that illegal immigrants are not welcome in Arizona. California has taken actions that indicate that it is a sanctuary state.
And this is costing Californians a lot of money that it doesn’t have.
On illegal immigration, I would invite you to compare and contrast Arizona and California. Certainly the Fed can be blamed for not protecting CA from the "invasion" of illegal immigrants. On that we agree.
But much of CA in LA, San Diego, Fresno, Sacramento, San Fran, San Jose, Oakland, etc. has been enthusiastically complicit in accepting the falter of unenforced immigration laws. Bank of America started its special banking programs for illegal immigrants in CA. Elected legislators applauded the humanity, as I recall, and the state is still controlled solidly by democrats. None in CA that I am aware of have been voted out primarily because of their stance on illegal immigration.