A first-in-the-nation California proposal could make undocumented immigrants eligible for up to $150,000 in state-supported home loans just as immigration has become an incendiary topic in the presidential election.

The measure is likely to pass the California Legislature this week where Democrats enjoy a supermajority and in a state that has the largest share of undocumented immigrants in the country.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a top surrogate for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, declined to say whether he would sign the measure if it clears the statehouse by the Aug. 31 deadline. He would likely make a decision while Republican nominee Donald Trump criticizes Harris over the influx in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border early on in Biden’s tenure and as Harris moves to the right on immigration.

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    3 months ago

    Can we maybe work on helping them with citizenship first before we go pissing EVERYONE off with this?

    Homeownership is an issue for everyone lately and this is their bright idea? Fuck the people that live in the US, they get at most a 15k first home buyers benefit, but if you hopped the fence you get 150k! so apparently you need some form of social security number so it’s not straight up border hopping to homeownership which is better I guess.

    I swear they want to lose this election… The Fox headlines are just writing themselves with this one.