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A Framework for Opportunity

The California Opportunity & Prosperity Act would establish a framework for long term law abiding residents that will bring them out of the shadows and free them to be part of the California dream. The California Opportunity Act:
 - Ensures that background checks are made
 - Requires that English is being learned
 - Applies only to participants that are paying taxes

Opportunity to be Free to Contribute to the California Dream

Almost 1 million hard working immigrants and business owners would finally be able to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes that can be used to invest in education, law enforcement, and health services.
 

Opportunity Can’t Wait

The D.C. politicians have failed to act on comprehensive immigration reform over the past fifteen years. We Californians have to act to keep our economy moving, add revenue to state and local governments, and demand action from the President and Congress. 

 

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Help Restore California’s Economy

After fifteen years of bipartisan failure in D.C. to fix our broken immigration laws, it is time for California to lead the U.S. by example.  By qualifying and passing an initiative, Californian voters can demand that Washington politicians address substantive immigration reforms that meet the needs of state and local governments, taxpayers, workers and businesses.

COPA Benefits to California’s Budget and Society

It is estimated that COPA could generate as many as a million new taxpayers who could contribute an estimated $325 million dollars annually fund desperately needed education, police, fire and health services....

Background

Conceptually, COPA is based upon successful elements of the bipartisan Immigration and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) signed by then-President Ronald Reagan. IRCA’s most successful element or “General Legalization” program’s eligibility criteria is replicated in the thresholds used for eligibility in COPA. COPA is enacted within the confines of the California Constitution, state and local law.

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For fifteen years Californians’ have watched as D.C. politicians have failed to fix our broken immigration laws, it is time for California to lead the U.S. by example.

By acting now we can show Washington politicians how to implement immigration reforms that meet the needs of taxpayers, workers, businesses, and hardworking families.

COPA is based upon successful elements of the bipartisan Immigration and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) championed by President Ronald Reagan. COPA meets the needs of the California Constitution, state, and local law.
It is estimated that COPA could generate as many as a million new taxpayers who would contribute an estimated $325 million dollars annually fund desperately needed education, police, fire, and health services.
 

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