The $297.7-billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year in California preserves key programs for immigrants but includes $16 billion in cuts, impacting services for vulnerable populations like elderly, blind, and disabled undocumented immigrants.
While some vital initiatives were saved, the budget delay on expanding food benefits and failure to renew a program for unaccompanied immigrant children signal a mixed outcome, raising concerns about equitable funding and support for California's large immigrant community.
Masih Fouladi from the California Immigrant Policy Center expressed relief over the preservation of certain programs, but cautioned that inadequate budget decisions may expose immigrants, highlighting a lack of fair allocation of resources for a significant portion of the state's population.
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