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California first to cover health care for all immigrants

California state Sen, Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, speaks in support of health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally during a rally at the Capitol Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a $307.9 billion operating budget on Thursday June 30, 2022, that makes all low-income adults eligible for the state's medicaid program regardless of their immigration status. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta speaks in support of health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally during a rally at the Capitol Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a $307.9 billion operating budget on Thursday June 30, 2022, that makes all low-income adults eligible for the state's medicaid program regardless of their immigration status. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, center, speaks in support of health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally during a rally at the Capitol Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a $307.9 billion operating budget on Thursday June 30, 2022, that makes all low-income adults eligible for the state's medicaid program regardless of their immigration status. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, left, talks with Beatriz Hernandez, right, at a rally calling for health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, held at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Hernandez' health care insurance has fluctuated because of her immigration status. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a $307.9 billion operating budget on Thursday June 30, 2022, that makes all low-income adults eligible for the state's Medicaid program regardless of their immigration status.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Beatriz Hernandez, center, speaks in support of health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally during rally at the Capitol Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Hernandez' health care insurance has fluctuated because of her immigration status. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a $307.9 billion operating budget on Thursday June 30, 2022, that makes all low-income adults eligible for the state's Medicaid program regardless of their immigration status. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)