1994 California Proposition 187

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California Proposition 187 (also known as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative) was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other services in the State of California. Voters enacted the proposed law at a referendum on November 8, 1994. The law was challenged in a legal suit the day after its passage, with almost all provisions found unconstitutional by a federal district court on November 11. In July 1999, Governor Gray Davis halted state appeals of this ruling, effectively killing the law. The enactment of Proposition 187 reflected state residents' concerns about illegal immigration to the United States. Opponents cited the specter of "totalitarianism", finding the initiative unfairly targeted "children and would turn tens of thousands of adults into government informants", while being motivated by bigotry against people of Hispanic or Asian origin; supporters...

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