California Proposition 187 (also known as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative) was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other services in the State of California. Voters passed the proposed law at a referendum on ...

California Proposition 187, state ballot initiative that sought to deny access to social services, nonemergency health services, and public education to undocumented immigrants living in California. Voters approved the measure in 1994, but a U.S. federal court overturned it.

On November 9, 1994, California’s voters passed Proposition 187 (also known as the Save Our State referendum), a ballot initiative proposed by anti-immigrant organizations, which restricted undocumented immigrants from the state’s public services, including access to public education and healthcare.

Proposition 187 was designed to prohibit immigrants residing in the country without legal permission in California from using public healthcare services except in cases of emergency, social services, and public schools.

2020年9月16日 · On November 8, 1994, 59 percent of California voters approve Proposition 187, banning undocumented immigrants from using the state’s major public services.

2019年10月29日 · The California state Senate passes a resolution that blasts Pete Wilson by name for his “scathing campaign against undocumented parents and their children” during his 1994 reelection bid and ...

2023年8月31日 · The rise of Proposition 187 in California recalls Ernest Hemingway’s oft-cited passage in “The Sun Also Rises,” about how the fortunes of the novel’s main characters changed — gradually, then suddenly.

1999年7月29日 · Passed in November 1994, Proposition 187 sought, among other things, to require police, health care professionals and teachers to verify and report the immigration status of all individuals, including children.

2019年11月6日 · Prop 187 — also known as "Save Our State" — claimed in its text that Californians were "suffering economic hardship" due to the presence of immigrants who lacked legal status, and sought to ...

Prop 187 sparked immediate backlash, especially among the Latino community in California. They didn’t view this issue as one to protect California taxpayers; they saw it as a bigoted, scapegoat...