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==Background and passage==
In 1994, California had an estimated 1.3 million
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[California State Assembly|assemblyman]] [[Dick Mountjoy]] of [[Monrovia, California|Monrovia]] introduced Proposition 187 to the state legislature as the "Save Our State" (SOS) initiative. It gained enough signatures to be placed on the ballot as a statutory initiative during the general election on November 8, 1994. Originally one of several immigration reform bills placed before the California legislature in the early 1990s, polls surveying community responses showed that Proposition 187 began with widespread support - a 37-point lead in July 1994, and 62-29% lead among likely voters by September 1994.<ref name=cvf>{{cite web |url=http://www.calvoter.org/archive/94general/props/187.html |title=#187 Illegal immigrants. Ineligibility for public services. Verification and Reporting. |accessdate=June 13, 2010 |author=Nancy H. Martis |year=1994 |publisher=California Voter Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990220215445/http://calvoter.org/archive/94general/props/187.html| archive-date=February 20, 1999}}</ref> Proponents of the bill estimated that California spent $3 billion per year on services for illegal immigrants, about half of which provided education to children of illegal immigrants.<ref>Margolis, p. 369</ref>
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