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California Propositions That Were Passed In The 1990s

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Richard Seng Professor Franks AAS 33B May 1, 2016 California Propositions The three of the propositions that were passed in the 1990s were targeted towards the minority groups in California. Proposition 187 denied illegal immigrants from accessing public services, Proposition 209 which prohibited special treat towards a person due to their race and gender in public institutions, and Proposition 227 which changed the way that non-English speaking students were taught in public schools. These policies were legalized by voters, in order to alienate illegal immigrants and non-English speaking groups, so they can either fit in the American society, or just try and drive them out of the state completely. These ideological trends and anti-immigrant campaigns were designed by the right-wing Americans and the Republicans in the state of California, in the hopes of reducing the amount of immigrants in California. With these three propositions, it has created an outcry for all non-native English speakers, due to the fact that they were being treated differently for being a different ethnic race. …show more content…

To prevent this from happening, the state has passed Proposition 187 in California, in order to fight against the millions of illegal immigrants that were living in the state. The Proposition prevented undocumented illegal immigrants and their children from all public benefits, such as education and health care. It was also required for schools to do a background check on all students and their parents, in order to verify to see if they were a citizen or an illegal immigrant [1]. The state was trying to combat against the illegal border-crossings between Mexico and

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