California Gov. Vetos TRUST

“California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill late Sunday to make California the “anti-Arizona” on immigration enforcement, after a long fight that took the bill into the national spotlight as a possible rebuke to a program the Obama administration has made key to its effort to remove undocumented immigrants.

Brown did not announce his decision on the bill until close to midnight, Pacific time, as part of a spate of bills — including one he did sign to allow driver licenses for some young undocumented immigrants — that Brown needed to address before the end of September. Even a few hours before, advocates weren’t sure which way it would go, but in the end Brown ruled it ‘fatally flawed.’” (Huffington Post)

Why not just open the borders?

FEE Timely Classics

Tough on Immigration Is Tough on Economic Growth by Beaulier, Luke, and Smith

Coming to America: The Benefits of Open Immigration by Thomas E. Lehman

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