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California Senate passes bill to extend homebuyer loan program to immigrants

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The immigration headlines can be deceiving.  As some states seek to stop the Biden administration’s parole in place program and take other aggressive enforcement measures, at least one state is thinking about how to best integrate undocumented immigrants into our communities. 

Courthouse News reports that the California Senate yesterday passed a bill that would open access to a state homebuyer loan program to immigrants without lawful immigration status.

Assembly Bill 1840 expands an existing program that provides loans to first-time homebuyers. The bill would ensure that someone could not be disqualified from the program because of their immigration status.

The bill passed 23 to 11. It now returns to the Assembly for a final vote.

Many Republicans oppose the bill.

KJ

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