By KATIA LOPEZ-HODOYAN
Updated 9:15 AM PDT, Thu, Mar 24, 2011


Arizona’s tough immigration law, SB1070, has been both praised and criticized. Now, an assemblyman wants to bring a similar law to California.

The state is facing a $26 billion budget gap. Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R-59th) believes illegal immigration is fueling the deficit.

“The most conservative numbers in California is that it costs us up to $11 billion dollars to provide social services to illegal immigrants," Donnelly said in a phone interview.

Part of the solution, he says, is bill AB 26.


“It’s essentially the Arizona law brought to California,â€