California Immigrant Policy Center

Governor Newsom Reaches Agreement With Legislature On A $321.1 Billion Budget

June 25, 2025 1:48 pmJune 25, 2025 1:48 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom reached a $321.1 billion budget agreement with the state legislature late on Tuesday, with large cuts of Medi-Cal that will result in the freezing of new illegal immigrant applicants from being accepted being added in. While both...

Gov. Newsom Announces Halt on Expansion of Illegal Immigrants in Medi-Cal

May 14, 2025 1:03 pmMay 14, 2025 1:03 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday before his revised budget presentation that, because of soaring costs, he wants to halt the expansion of all illegal immigrants into Medi-Cal, California’s Medicare program, reversing a long-held position of his that he...

California Assemblyman Introduces Bill to End All Taxpayer Funding of Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants

January 3, 2024 6:07 pmJanuary 4, 2024 10:53 am

As the Globe recently reported, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s final expansion of full-scope Medi-Cal went into effect Monday, January 1, 2024, making more than 700,000 illegal immigrants residents between ages 26 and 49 eligible for full health care coverage – at...

January 1st brings Health Care for All Illegal Immigrants, and Crazifornia’s Universal Health Care

December 30, 2023 8:33 amJanuary 1, 2024 7:25 am

In 2019, California achieved another first, but it was not something to crow about. California became the first state to provide taxpayer-funded health coverage to illegal aliens age 19 to 25, when Democrats and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state budget....

Gov. Newsom Proposes Universal Health Coverage For All Immigrants in Budget

January 11, 2022 4:21 pmMarch 13, 2022 8:32 am

A proposal in California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $286.4 billion 2022-2023 budget announced on Monday would give universal health coverage to all immigrants, regardless of current residency status. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by...