Prop. 187 timeline: The rise and fall of California's anti-immigrant law

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Here’s everything you need to know about Proposition 187, an anti-immigrant initiative that, 25 years ago, turned California into a progressive beacon and paved the way for Donald Trump to be elected president.

. That same month, over a dozen anti-immigration bills get submitted in both chambers of the California Legislature.

Ron Prince, the spark behind what became Proposition 187, argues with a woman about the controversial initiative as members of the media look on.Pete Wilson proposes Washington end birthright citizenship and social services for illegal immigrants. At a news conference in L.A., before saying “California is being flooded as well. Californians are being overwhelmed by a flood of illegal immigration.”. They decide to name their campaign “Save Our State” after four rounds of margaritas at an El Torito in Orange.Save Our State’s initiative is submitted to the California attorney general’s office with Nelson and Ezell listed as co-authors. It’ll need 385,000 valid signatures to qualify for the November 1994 ballot.

 

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Democrats have ruined California.

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