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New California Proposal Similar to Proposition 187 The same organizers who wrote and rallied for Proposition 187 are the sponsors of a new California initiative designed to limit and prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving public services. The new proposal would (1) require public health and other service providers to verify an applicant’ permanent residence status; (2) require state and local officials to report immigration law violations to federal authorities. Failure to comply would be punishable as a misdemeanor; (3) require the state to verify the legal residence status for driver’s license applicants; and (4) prohibit the state from accepting foreign issued identification cards. To qualify for the November 2004 ballot, organizers must collect 500,900 signatures by April and receive certification from the California Secretary of State. California voters approved Proposition 187 in 1994 in a 60% to 40% vote. The proposition, however, never took effect and was soon overturned by a federal judge in 1998 on the grounds that it violated federal welfare laws as well as the Constitution, which gives Congress and the federal government exclusive control over immigration issues.
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