Budget Cuts Finally Doing What Prop 187 Couldn't Do

Voters in California tried to eliminate state-funded services for illegal aliens when they passed Prop 187 by a large margin in 1994. As often happens a judge overturned the will of the voters and the state continued pouring money into services for illegals.

Now the budget cuts hitting the state are doing what Prop 187 wasn't able to do:

Forced to slash their budgets, some California counties are eliminating nonemergency health services for illegal immigrants -- a move that officials acknowledge could backfire by shifting the financial burden to emergency rooms.

Sacramento County voted in February to bar illegal immigrants from county clinics at an estimated savings of $2.4 million. Contra Costa County followed last month by cutting off undocumented adults, to save approximately $6 million. And Yolo County is voting on a similar change next month, which would reduce costs by $1.2 million.

Illegal immigrant concentrations in U.S."This is a way for us to get through what I think is a horrible year for healthcare in California," said William Walker, director of Contra Costa Health Services.

Just wait. There will be another lawsuit and another judge telling us we can't keep illegals out of state-funded services.