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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: California Proposition 187 ephemera
Identifier/Call Number: 0533
Physical Description:
0.438 Linear Feet
1 box
Date: 1994
Abstract: This collection consists of papers about California Proposition 187. These include newspaper clippings, articles, and pamphlets.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
California's voters passed Proposition 187 on November 9, 1994. This prop restricted undocumented immigrants from the state's
public services, such as access to public education and non-emergency healthcare. It also asked for teachers and healthcare
professionals to report anyone they suspected of being undocumented. A few weeks after passage, courts found it unconstitutional
under the Equal Protection Clause of 14th Amendment, which protects any individual regardless of citizenship status.
This collection consists of papers about California Proposition 187. These include newspaper clippings, articles, and pamphlets.
Proposition 187 restricted undocumented immigrants from the state's public services, such as access to public education and
non-emergency healthcare. It passed on November 9, 1994, but was quickly found to be unconstitutional.
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nora Hamilton.
[Box/folder no. or item name], California Proposition 187 ephemera, Collection no. 0533, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and
Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pamphlets
Newspaper clippings
Emigration and immigration law -- California -- Archival resources