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Birth certificate initiative withdrawn from race for ‘08 state ballot
December 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments · posted by ataxin
A proposed initiative to issue different types of birth certificates to children in California based on their parents’ immigration status has been pulled from the stack of proposals vying to make the November 2008 ballot.

The proposal, which called for the state to issue one type of birth certificate to the children of U.S. citizens and green card holders and another to the children of temporary residents and illegal immigrants, was pending a fiscal impact analysis by the state Legislative Analyst’s Office and review by the state Attorney General’s office when proponents Ted Hilton and Tony Dolz withdrew it this week.

Hilton, of San Diego, said the initiative’s supporters will focus on raising the money needed for the project and attempt to put the proposal on the June 2010 ballot instead.

Supporters of the proposal, which would have cut benefits to children who did not qualify for the birth certificate offered to the children of citizens and permanent residents, hoped the initiative would drive the debate about birthright citizenship. Opponents said it struck at the definition of citizenship enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

As of a month ago, proponents had curried favor among anti-illegal immigration groups but had not yet hired a political consultant or petition gatherer to help collect the 434,000 signatures required to put the measure on the ballot. Political experts said such an operation costs $1.50 per signature and that initiative fundraising could prove especially thorny during a presidential election year, when candidates consume donors’ attention.

- Amy Taxin

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4 Responses to “Birth certificate initiative withdrawn from race for ‘08 state ballotâ€

As far as I know Arizona and Ok are still going forward with theirs

It only takes one to get to the supreme court

The 9th means nothing in this in Calif because it was already a given that
it would go over them to the Supreme court once they struck it down

December 26th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Day 153 after the Big Amnesty defeat and reality slaps you racists anti-undocumented immigrants in the face. You and your Border Patrol Terrorists, and Minutemen Terrorists, are in for a big surprise. Nobody cares about your tired old whines about the supposed immigration problem. Losers. This is wonderful news. It is not as though you could do anything about the situation anyway. It is not as though this government or this country belongs to you anymore. You aint ever going to take away the free public schools. Let it go. This immigration is a foregone conclusion. Now you will have to accept us as equals. You aint going to ever make distinctions between babies and their parents status. Get a life crybabies. You cry as much as disaffected Hannah Montana fans who didn’t score concert tickets. Do you really think you have a chance at getting rid of us? Already, the majority of all public school children in California are all latinos. Give up the ship and hand over the keys already. Face the music and read between the lines, and check the writing on the wall amigo. We aint leaving. God bless Mexico. Happy holidays.

I hope you folks understand what these people are saying and what they mean. The problem with America is we as a people are too damn complacent and basically as a whole goofy when it comes to the motivation behind these people