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Sacramento Capital of California

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

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Sacramento is the county seat of Sacramento County, California and the capital of the U.S. state of California. It was founded in December 1848 by John Sutter, Jr. Sacramento grew from Sutter’s Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the gold rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad.

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Immigration Bills Increasing In Sacramento

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Immigration Bills Increasing In Sacramento
Friday, March 31, 2006 - 07:20 AM

Sacramento, CA — Immigration reform is definitely on the front burner these days … especially in California.

Sacramento legislators have now introduced 25 immigration bills. One Republican sponsored bill would deny state-funded health care, welfare and unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants while still another would require illegals to pay higher college tuition fees.

Senator Dennis Mountjoy of Monrovia has commented, “We don’t need more laws … we just need to enforce the laws we already have.”

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