California Conservatives Propose 2012 Initiative to Limit Services to Illegal Immigrants

The initiative is called the California Taxpayer Protection Act of 2012.

Conservative activists have submitted an initiative proposal targeting illegal immigration by imposing limits on financial aid and Medi-Cal benefits while requiring California law enforcement to work with federal immigration officials.

State Attorney General Kamala Harris, who is responsible for preparing ballot language, received the proposal Monday from former state GOP chairman Tirso Del Junco, San Diego Republican Ted Hilton and Concord Republican Bill Siler. Proponents are calling it the “California Taxpayer Protection Act of 2012.”

Hilton and Siler pursued a similar measure in 2009 but failed to gather enough signatures.

The initiative if it qualifies for the ballot would do among other things:

• Prohibit undocumented immigrants from receiving public financial aid in California
• Block California Driver’s Licenses for illegal immigrants
• Require fingerprinting for Medi-Cal pregnancy services with fingerprint reports relayed to the federal Department of Homeland Security
• Require that law enforcement officials transfer people they arrest to federal custody if those individuals have an “immigration detainer.”

You can read the initiative here (PDF file).

My guess that if the initiative gathers the requisite signatures that it would pass at the ballot box.

California voters are not too happy with Jerry Brown signing the California Dream Act allowing illegal immigrants in some instances receiving subsidized tuition and financial aid to attend California state Community Colleges, State Colleges and the University of California.