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Undocumented immigrants hit the road with CA driver’s licenses
After two months of granting driver’s licenses to once-undocumented immigrants, California officials reported big numbers. The Golden State program has supplied licenses to almost 150,000 immigrants. Supporters of the move have been quick to tout its perceived advantages — and to boost participation
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Video: Scott Walker advances immigration plan
CalWatchdog.com Editor-in-Chief Brian Calle recently interviewed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. This is Part 4, on his immigration plan. Walker is a leading potential Republican candidate for president. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.
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Love for CA rooted in climate, not politics
Californians like it hot. In polling conducted by USC Dornsife and the Los Angeles Times, respondents confirmed some eye-opening facts about California’s appeal to its own residents — such as the primary importance of its largely snow-free climate. Although good weather
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Covered CA struggles through second enrollment
Covered California’s huge enrollment numbers boosted the national health care program, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, during its first year. But the Covered CA health care exchange, the center of the system, has been sneezing through its crucial second open-enrollment period, which
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CA housing policies clash in Encinitas
How much can state and federal law dictate local housing policy? That confrontation has turned over headlines in Encinitas, where residents are debating which policy should be adopted by them at the ballot box in 2016. According to KPBS, “Under California law,
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VIDEO: Steve Forbes: The Immigration Debacle
Immigration reform is possible, but nobody in Washington trusts anyone to enforce existing laws, much less hard-fought reforms. Steve Forbes joins Brian Calle to explain why immigration reform is doomed.
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VIDEO: A libertarian solution to our illegal immigration crisis
Is the crisis in illegal immigration the product of the government’s failure to properly handle legal immigration? The CATO Institute’s John Allison joins Brian Calle to discuss the right ways to reform our country’s immigration system.
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After 13 months on job, UC President Napolitano already seems restless
It has been 13 months since Janet Napolitano took over as president of University of California system. The former homeland security chief for the Obama administration has just dropped her second big hint in as many months that she’s ready
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VIDEO: Our self-made immigration mess
We’ve made immigration so difficult, that we’ve created the incentives to break the law. Reason Magazine’s Editor Matt Welch joins CalWatchdog’s James Poulos about some solutions to our state’s illegal immigrant problem.
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CA advances driver’s licenses for illegals
Despite incomplete approval from the federal government, California has begun forging ahead with driver’s licenses for immigrants who are illegally present in California. A bill signed into law last year, Assembly Bill 60, was subject to additional requirements by the Department
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