L.A. Times discovers illegal immigration

Something has changed at the Los Angeles Times. The paper that once insisted on calling illegal immigrants "undocumented workers" editorialized today that California's schools are being crushed by the federal government's failure to pay the cost of educating the children of illegal immigrants.

They seemed at a loss to know how to persuade the federal government to do that.

Allow me.

Here's a fast and easy way to force Washington to come up with the money: Propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that says the states cannot be forced to pay for services to illegal immigrants. It won't pass Congress, but it doesn't have to pass Congress. Article V says it takes two-thirds of the state legislatures to call a constitutional convention and three-quarters of them to ratify an amendment. The Constitution can be changed even if the entire House and Senate, the president, all fifty state governors and the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously oppose it. One terrifying national poll on the issue and there will be so much federal money jamming California classrooms there won't be room for the students.

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