REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) — We are less than a week away from the presidential election and one of the big issues this year is immigration. Former President Donald Trump is promising that if reelected, he will try to deport millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally. Hoping to get ahead of the issue, some California elected officials are already opposing that plan.
California has around 10 million immigrants with just over a third of those being from Mexico. The idea of forcing many of them to leave against their will is getting pushback. On Thursday, California State Senator Josh Becker and Latino community leaders strongly condemned any plan that would involve the mass deportations.
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