Staff Reports
California Democrats appear to have pulled a rabbit out of the hat, and it’s not just any ordinary rabbit; it’s a $150,000 loan for first-time homebuyers who happen to be illegal aliens. Under Assembly Bill 1840, introduced by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, the Golden State is set to redefine the requirements for home ownership—if applicants can manage to cough up the paperwork, immigration status apparently plays no role in securing a loan. Who knew illegal border crossings were the new ticket to real estate?
This radical initiative has already cruised through the California State Senate and is now making its way through the Assembly, much to the delight of the supermajority of Democrats who seem hell-bent on making California the poster child for progressive lunacy. The state budget must be in shambles, but hey, at least they’re opening the floodgates to anyone who’s set foot on U.S. soil, right? Who needs to win over voters when you can just hand over a financial lifeline to those who flouted the law to get here in the first place?
🆘My Friends &Fellow Americans.California Democrats Propose $150k Home Loans for ILLEGAL ALIENS! DANGER This will lead to ANOTHER 2008 Credit Crunch where Banks Loaned Mortgage Money to people WHO COULD NOT PAY BACK!CHEAP credit LAX LENDING STANDARDS✅🇺🇸 https://t.co/juk42u2zcJ
— Glenn Roth (@groth1945) August 26, 2024
Notably, mainstream media like Politico are already raising eyebrows over the potential political fallout from this proposal. With a headline suggesting that these Democrats might want to reconsider their new pet project during an election cycle, it raises the question: has California Democrats’ commitment to illegal immigration just become a liability for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential aspirations? Imagine being the VP responsible for a border crisis while your home state is giving away cash to those who crossed it. Good luck spinning that.
The issue seems to hit home in a particularly poignant way for Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom. He remains tight-lipped about whether he’ll sign this measure into law, but one can only imagine the whirlwind of conflicting pressures he faces. While he’s a loyal ally of President Biden and VP Harris, and while he might want to please the party’s progressive base, he also knows that election season is not a good time to be fumbling around with home loans for those without legal status. It’s a political minefield, but hey, it’s California—what’s another explosion among friends?
Meanwhile, at the federal level, Harris’s push for down payment assistance seems limited by laws that don’t quite have the same loose interpretation when it comes to undocumented immigrants. Funny how those adults can be both beneficiaries of state-sponsored loans and non-eligible for federal programs. This leads to the inevitable conclusion that while the state allows illegals to tap into Medi-Cal, they won’t be getting a free ride on all fronts. It’s a veritable buffet of benefits, as long as you know where to draw the line—unless you’re in California, where it seems the line is all but disappearing.
