Is this the return of Prop. 187?

California’s Republican Party is almost dead.  So what do these guys decide to do to restore the GOP?  Some of them are bringing back Prop. 187, via a new state initiative:

“A conservative group is hoping to bring the issue of illegal immigration back to the front burner of California politics with a ballot measure that would create a new caste of birth certificates for children of the undocumented,” according to the Sacramento Bee.

Here are a few excerpts explaining this new “Son of Prop. 187” initiative:

The initiative, which proponents tout as the California Taxpayer Protection Act, is aimed for the June 2010 statewide ballot.

For undocumented parents to obtain the new “Certificate of Live Birth with Foreign Parent,” they would have to be photographed, fingerprinted and pay an additional $75 fee.

Beyond the birth certificates, the measure also would limit welfare payments for the children of undocumented immigrants, as well as require that any application for public benefits submitted by illegal immigrants be handed over to federal authorities.

But wait, there’s more:

“A second unrelated initiative was also cleared Friday for circulation. That measure would tighten voting rules, requiring voters to show a government-issued ID.”

Will these racist Republicans never learn?

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