More state and local officials in California have joined San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond in his call to end taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants, with urgent pleas for the state and federal government to “fix the chaos” at the southern border.
In a Jan. 1 statement, Mr. Desmond said the state’s decision to provide such health care is “unfathomable,” given its $68 billion budget deficit and myriad other woes such as “a staggering homeless population, the highest gas prices in the country, exorbitant utility costs, [and] crumbling infrastructure.”
