California Migrant Loan Update as State Senate Pushes Bill Forward

State lawmakers passed a bill that would expand the state's first-time homebuyer loan program to be available to undocumented migrants.

The California State Senate has approved a bill that would allow undocumented migrants to apply to the state's first-time homebuying loan program.Lawmakers passed the measure, Assembly Bill 1840, in a 23-11 vote Tuesday.

Proponents of the bill have emphasized that applicants must provide taxpayer identification or a Social Security number up front, including undocumented immigrants.The state Senate voted to pass the measure along party lines Tuesday. Republican lawmakers have adamantly pushed back on the bill, including GOP Assemblyman Bill Essayli, who said in a statement that progressing the measure was 'outrageous.

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