Newsom said California will be spending $75 million for legal services and other aid to undocumented residents, including mental health services for adolescent migrants; exploring whether the University of California system can build partnerships in El Salvador as it does in Mexico; and influencing tech, hospitality, industrial and yes, surf entrepreneurs to invest in the country.
Stabilizing El Salvador, he said, actually saves California money down the road.
“California pays the price of our failed immigration policy more than any other state in America,” he said. “California has more undocumented residents than any state of America.”
https://www.capradio.org/articles/2019/04/13/mission-accomplished-scoring-newsoms-trip-to-el-salvador/