Assemblytraitor Amends Bill To Give Status To Illegals

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This one stinks like 2 week old fish tacos. I haven't figured out hout to import the same strikethrough fonts that the legislature uses on their website, but I'll highlight the changes they made to try smooth the impact of them ...get this...making their own immigration laws.
So the words in bold have been added in, and the words in red have been deleted from the bill

BILL NUMBER: AB 78 AMENDED
BILL TEXT

AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mendoza

JANUARY 3, 2011

An act to add Section 43.2 to the Civil Code, relating to
immigrants' rights.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 78, as amended, Mendoza. Immigrants' rights.
Existing law provides that every person has certain rights subject
to the qualifications and restrictions provided by law.
This bill would provide that a person without legal authority to
reside in the United States but who has continuously resided in
California since January 1, 2007, has shall
have the same rights and responsibilities that are
afforded to any other legal permanent resident in this state pursuant
to the California Constitution and any other state or local law or
regulation, if the person is in compliance with certain requirements.
The bill would require the Governor to seek certain federal waivers
in that regard.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) Immigrants are a vibrant, productive, and vital part of
California's growing economy, diverse cultural fabric, and changing
demographics.
(b) Immigrants and their children comprise nearly one-half of
California's population and live and work in all 58 counties, most
notably in the San Diego, central valley, greater Los
Angeles, and greater San Francisco Bay regions of the state.
(c) Immigrants fuel California's economy through their labor and
entrepreneurship, comprising approximately one-third of California's
labor force and figuring prominently in key economic sectors such as
agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and services.
(d) A national debate is raging across the United States focused
on how to fix our broken immigration system and this debate
is tearing at the very core of our founding values. ,
yet the federal government has failed to enact reasonable reforms
after 10 years of consideration. (e) This national discussion demands an intelligent ,
comprehensive, and balanced approach to immigration
reform--one that recognizes that Americans want neither open
borders, nor closed borders, but that they want the President and
the Congress of the United States to work together to enact
legislation that rewards work, reunites families, restores the rule
of law, reinforces our nation's security, respects the rights of
United States-born and immigrant workers, and redeems the "American
Dream."
(f) A bipartisan , comprehensive workable
immigration reform package must be based on respect for human rights;
a path towards toward permanent
residency and citizenship; humane enforcement of border
policies , ; protecting the wages and
working conditions of all workers, whether United States-born or
immigrant workers; reunification of families; and the promotion of
citizenship and civic participation.
(g) Given the recent failure of the federal government to enact
such changes, California must act by approving policies that extend
fair and equitable treatment and rights to its "unauthorized" but
duly qualified state resident immigrant population until the time in
the future that fair and equitable immigration reform is enacted at
the federal level.
(h) The bipartisan Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
(Public Law 99-603) signed by President Ronald Reagan contained an
acclaimed legalization program that should inform new legislation in
California. SEC. 2. Section 43.2 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
43.2. (a) A person without legal authority to reside in the
United States but who has continuously resided in California since
January 1, 2007, shall have the same rights and responsibilities
that are afforded to any other legal permanent resident in
this state pursuant to the California Constitution and any other
state or local law or regulation, provided that the person is in
compliance with all of the following:
(1) Has not been convicted of a felony , or more than
three misdemeanors . (2) Is able to establish proof of residency through utility bills,
employment records, tax records, or other equivalent documentation.
(3) Is able to demonstrate proficiency in English, or is enrolled
in, or has applied to enroll in, an English-as-a-second language
class.
(4) Prospectively files and pays state income taxes , and a
processing fee, in a manner to be established by state law
, and federal income taxes in cooperation with federal income
tax authorities in a manner to be determined, whereby the taxes are
paid as if the person holds a social security number.
(b) With respect to any rights that may conflict with federal law,
the Governor shall request waivers from the President of the United
States and other appropriate federal authorities to exempt California
residents and businesses from the requirements of those federal laws
as they relate to the persons governed by subdivision (a).

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citizenship and civic participation.
(g) Given the recent failure of the federal government to enact
such changes, California must act by approving policies that extend
fair and equitable treatment and rights to its "unauthorized" but
duly qualified state resident immigrant population until the time in
the future that fair and equitable immigration reform is enacted at
the federal level.

Who wants to bet that however penned this in was adamantly against Arizona SB 1070 on the purported grounds that immigration is a federal matter not to taken on by the states?