Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton said California needs to end its culture of lawlessness around illegal immigration but stopped short of calling for the employment verification system favored by national Republicans, including President Trump.
Hilton was in town Thursday for a news conference concerning commercial driver’s licenses, just one of many areas in which he says the state of California has allowed a permissive culture of lawlessness.
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