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On Immigrant Day an older Vietnamese man told a San Jose assembly member through his translator: “When you see the Governor, ask him one thing. Can he live off $600 a month? Because that’s what I do. But I can’t do it for less. Please don’t make more cuts.”
These cuts indeed hurt us all, and are reflected in homeless rates and in emergency room costs. They consistently target law-abiding newcomers who have paid into our social security and Medicare systems, have fought in our wars, have built our homes, grown our food, and cared for our children and seniors. We all need to share in the solution to our budget crisis but we must take our immigrant seniors, disabled, and working families out of the crosshairs.
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