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...Those who had dismissed the initiative as merely a tactical weapon in California Governor Pete Wilson's crusade to get federal dollars to close his budget deficit were quickly disabused. Immediately after the 59% to 41% vote in favor of 187, he moved to bar illegal immigrants from receiving prenatal services and from entering nursing homes -- thus, he claimed, freeing $90 million a year in funds for legal residents. Wilson declared, "The people of California have passed Proposition 187. Now we must enforce...
...result, Proposition 187 has drawn strong support in California, and incumbent Republican Gov. Pete Wilson has made controlling illegal immigration a centerpiece of his reelection campaign...
California Governor Pete Wilson took his anti-immigration re-election strategy one step further by suggesting that in order to thwart illegal aliens, state residents should be required to present official identity cards to get a job, go to school or obtain nonemergency health care. His Democratic opponent, Kathleen Brown, promptly called it a "Big Brother" proposal. Meantime, Senate G.O.P. candidate Michael Huffington -- another strong anti- immigrationist -- acknowledged that he had employed an illegal-alien nanny for five years...
Sophomores Will Kohler, Kevin Silva and T.J Carella are the team's three leading scorers (with 16, 11 and nine points, respectively). And fellow sophomore Pete Albers is developing into one of the league's better goalies--he has registered three shutouts...
...Governor Pete Wilson of California and I have something in common. At one time in our lives, we both liked cheap labor. I did 15 years ago when I was looking for a baby-sitter. Mary Poppins was too expensive, so I settled for Elba. All I had to do was paper over immigration questions with work permits and I had someone who looked after my daughter as if she were her own, cooked the meals, washed the windows and swabbed the bathroom -- all for minimum wage...