Thread: California’s Illegal Nanny-State

California’s Illegal Nanny-State
by: Bethany Stotts, September 25, 2008

The debate over illegal immigration—a culture war fought on the dual fronts of terminology and selective media coverage—reached another milestone this September, when the California state appeals court decided that a class-action lawsuit represented by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) was improperly dismissed by the Yolo County superior court. The out-of-state plaintiffs filed suit in 2006 after California passed a law providing in-state tuition for exemption holders, including foreign nationals and illegal immigrants.

The complaint (pdf), issued by IRLI, argues that the California statute violates federal law and the U.S. Constitution by


a.) ignoring a Congressional statute that makes it “a compelling government interest to remove the incentive for illegal immigration provided by the availability of public benefits;â€

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, of the 21.8 million non-citizens currently residing in the U.S. who entered the country between 1970 and 2006

What happened to only 12 million undocumented non-citizens (illegal criminal aliens).[quote]“Half of the school system’s 600 students were absent Tuesday, including 90 percent of Hispanic children, because their parents were arrested or in hiding,â€

I hope they win this lawsuit. The law is clearly on their side. They have the documentation. It is completely unfair to the citizen's of this country. It need to stop NOW!! Illegal's get packing!!!

The judges that throw out suits of complaints against the unfairness of American law should be removed, especially when it is for the detriment of the American people. It has happened continually, and I think the most vocalized and despised decisions by the court system was throwing Ramos and Compean in jail while Andrete-Davila gets a free pass across the border to "testify".