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The new nativism; Proposition 187 and the debate over immigration.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article from: Reference & Research Book News Article date: November 01, 2008

9780816650286

The new nativism; Proposition 187 and the debate over immigration.

Jacobson, Robin Dale.

U. of Minnesota Press

2008

190 pages

$19.95

Paperback

JV6920

Passed by California voters in 1994, Proposition 187 was a ballot measure aimed at denying illegal immigrants social services, including nonemergency health care and public education. While later overturned by a U.S. District Court, it remains a key moment in the debate over immigration in the U.S. Based on in-depth interviews with supporters of the measure, Jacobson (political ...

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Calif. Marriage Ban May Elude GOP Grasp

Posted Jun 4, 08 5:03 PM CDT in US,  Arts & Living,  Opinion 

Calif. Marriage Ban May Elude GOP Grasp
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(Newser) – The coming fight over gay marriage in California is going to be "nasty and divisive," and it might not prove to be the boon Republicans think it will, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times. "Any time one group of Californians uses the ballot box as a tool to have another group declared less or different," he notes, "people take it personally and things get rough."

Though pollsters find public sentiment fluid, it's shifting against a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. And, Rutten reminds, social issues have worked against Republicans in the past, and it's no coincidence that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who's against the measure, is the GOP's lone state-wide office-holder.

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