Illegal immigration is overloading already fragile systems in California—including that of healthcare, housing, and education—and is depressing wages, KRLA radio co-host Jim Righeimer of “The Weekend Answer” said on a recent episode of EpochTV’s California Insider.
Righeimer, who served on the Costa Mesa City Council in 2010 for eight years, including as the city’s mayor from 2012 to 2014, said no matter how charitable Californians think they are, unchecked immigration in the state is harming it.
“Americans are a giving people,” Righeimer said. But the problem with California, is “we’re handing out so much stuff for free.”
Jim Righeimer, former councilman and mayor in the City of Costa Mesa. (Hau Nguyen/The Epoch Times)
During the roughly 30-minute interview, Righeimer pointed to how much such immigration actually costs California taxpayers….