California has huge stake in immigration reform outcome

“Foreign immigration ”” legal and illegal ”” is the single most important factor in shaping California’s cultural, economic and political future. That gives the state a vital stake in the raging national debate over immigration reform.

Although exact numbers are impossible to pin down, California clearly attracts more immigrants than any other state, approximately 300,000 a year, and they and their offspring, another 300,000 a year, comprise all of the state’s net population growth.”

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