PROPOSITION 187 WAS KILLED BECAUSE THE MEDIATORS FEARED IT WOULD BE FOUND CONSTITUTIONAL

ON AUGUST 1, 1999, CARLOS HOLGUIN, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEDIATION OF PROPOSITION 187, TOLD THE SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER THAT THE MEDIATORS KILLED PROPOSITION 187 BECAUSE THEY FEARED IT WOULD BE FOUND CONSTITUTIONAL BY THE SUPREME COURT THIS IS THE ACTUAL QUOTE FROM LA OPINION: "CARLOS HOLGUIN, THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CENTER'S ATTORNEY, SAID THAT THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THAT THE LITIGATING PARTIES FOLLOWED TO REACH THIS CONCLUSION AVOIDED A GREATER RISK THAT THE CASE WOULD GO TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION OF THE UNDOCUMENTED WOULD BE LOST."

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