Legislator wants South Carolina to challenge federal immigration laws - and deny illegal immigrants access to public schools and hospitals

“Declaring that illegal immigrants cost the state too much money, a South Carolina lawmaker on Thursday proposed denying them access to some hospital care and shutting them out of public schools.

State Rep. Mike Pitts said his proposal, quickly criticized by immigrant advocates and the states hospitals, should be passed even if it violates federal laws. Washington, Pitts said, isnt doing “anything to attempt to solve this problem.”"

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