Alex Padilla: “This bill would go even further and target immigrants with…”

“I'll remind those watching that Californians who are undocumented pay $8.5 billion a year in taxes, yet they are excluded from the public programs that their tax dollars are funding. But This bill would go even further and target immigrants with legal status. We can and are having a discussion, debate about how many undocumented residents in the United States and how and why.” (02:13–02:20)

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