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2021至2023年，约40万非法移民进入加州，而该州总人口仅增长2万
作者：罗伯特·施马德、安德鲁·马克·米勒 福克斯新闻
前众议员凯蒂·波特是加州竞争激烈的州长初选民主党候选人，她因称非法移民推动了该州人口增长而面临强烈反对，这一说法长期以来由共和党人提出。
“加州州长的职责是保护每一位加州民众，”在周二的加州州长辩论中被问及是否会与联邦当局合作驱逐非法移民后，波特如此说道。
“‘庇护州’政策的目的是确保我们的州资源——纳税人的钱、我们拥有的公职人员——专注于本职工作，也就是不与联邦移民当局合作。
凯蒂·波特采访走红，记者惊叹民主党人“失态”
“这些人就是加州人。他们为我们的经济做贡献，他们纳税。而且他们是近年来我们州实现增长的少数几个途径之一，”波特在谈及非法移民时表示。
热门右翼X账号冈瑟·伊格尔曼指责波特“把潜话说出口”，称其表态称非法移民缓解了加州的人口下滑。
2022年6月8日，在华盛顿特区国会山举行的众议院监督与改革委员会关于枪支暴力的听证会上，众议员凯蒂·波特发言。（安德鲁·哈尼克/ pooled/路透社）
“凯蒂·波特不小心当众承认，加州人正在逃离加州，正被外来的非法移民取代，”保守派网红账号LibsofTikTok在X平台上发帖称。
包括唐纳德·特朗普总统在内的共和党人指责民主党人抵制驱逐非法移民的举措，因为这可能让他们失去众议院的席位。人口普查统计的非法移民人数有助于决定各州在每十年一次的众议院席位重新分配中获得的总席位数量。
“所以她是在说加州在众议院拥有太多席位？”另一位X用户在回应波特的言论时写道。
尽管特朗普等人曾试图在人口普查中加入公民身份问题，以将非公民排除在决定各州众议院席位数量的计算之外，但美国宪法并未提及与国会席位分配相关的公民身份状况。
新民调显示大多数加州人反对这项针对非法移民的关键福利
2022年11月8日，在加州科斯塔梅萨的希尔顿奥兰治县酒店举行的选举之夜守望派对上，众议员凯蒂·波特向支持者、志愿者和工作人员发表讲话。（盖蒂图片社）
“加州没救了：凯蒂·波特称犯罪的非法移民是‘近年来加州实现增长的少数几个途径之一’，”共和党传播顾问史蒂夫·格斯特在X平台上写道。
“过去16年来，民主党人完全掌控了加州。”
据加州公共政策研究所的数据，2021至2023年，约40万非法移民进入加州。根据加州财政局发布的数据，2021年7月至2023年7月间，加州总人口仅增长了近2万。
“这是因为所有亿万富翁、百万富翁、大企业和任何有能力离开的人，都在以比你往前任伴侣头上浇一锅滚烫土豆更快的速度逃离加州，”一位X用户在回应波特时发帖，暗指针对这位州长候选人的家庭暴力指控。
为非法移民飙升的医疗预算困扰着蓝州纳税人
众议员凯蒂·波特在《观点》节目中被主持人问及家庭暴力和虐待员工的指控。（截图/美国广播公司/《观点》）
据加州财政局数据，2025年加州国内移民净流出215542人，而同年外国移民净流入125473人。加州议会分析办公室表示，人口外流每年给该州造成数十亿美元的税收收入损失。
其他批评者抓住了波特关于非法移民有益于加州经济的断言。
“如果你认为促进经济增长的最佳方式是接纳非法移民，那你就大错特错了，”犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李写道。
据税收与经济政策研究所估计，2022年加州的非法移民缴纳了约85亿美元的州和地方税款。保守派批评人士认为，非法移民消耗的公共服务——如教育和补贴医疗保健——费用超过了他们缴纳的税款，不过这类成本难以量化。
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包括美国住房和城市发展部最近发布的一份报告在内的一些研究还发现，非法移民通过增加住房需求推高了生活成本。
“我觉得我表现得很克制，”参加州长辩论的两位共和党候选人之一的查德·比安科警长插话道。
Internet erupts after California Dem on debate stage ‘admits quiet part out loud’ on immigration
May 6, 2026 2:32pm EDT / Fox News
An estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants entered California from 2021 to 2023 as overall population grew by just 20,000
By Robert Schmad , Andrew Mark Miller Fox News
Former Rep. Katie Porter, a Democratic candidate in California’s crowded gubernatorial primary, is facing backlash after saying illegal immigrants are driving population growth in the state, a claim long advanced by Republicans.
“The job of the California governor is to protect every single Californian,” Porter said after being asked if she would work with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants at Tuesday’s California gubernatorial debate.
“The sanctuary state policy is designed to make sure that our state resources — the taxpayer dollars, the public servants that we have — are focusing on doing their jobs, which is not cooperating with the federal immigration authorities.
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“These are Californians. They contribute to our economy. They pay taxes. And they’re one of the only ways that our state has been growing in recent years,” Porter said of illegal immigrants.
Gunther Eagleman, a popular right-wing X account, accused Porter of saying “the quiet part out loud” by stating that illegal immigrants have mitigated population decline in California.
Rep. Katie Porter speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2022.(Andrew Harnik/Pool/Reuters)
“Katie Porter accidentally admits out loud that Californians are fleeing California and are being replaced by imported illegals,” conservative influencer account LibsofTikTok posted on X.
Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have accused Democrats of resisting efforts to deport illegal immigrants because it could cost them seats in the House of Representatives. Illegal immigrants counted by the Census help determine the total number of House seats a given state is entitled to when the chamber is reapportioned every ten years.
“So she’s saying Cali has too many seats in the House?” another X user said in response to Porter’s comment.
While Trump and others have attempted to add a citizenship question to the Census in an effort to remove noncitizens from calculations determining the number of House seats each state has, the Constitution does not mention citizenship status in relation to congressional apportionment.
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Rep. Katie Porter speaks to supporters, volunteers and staff at an election night watch party at the Hilton Orange County Hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2022.(Getty Images)
“California is cooked: Katie Porter says criminal illegal aliens are ‘one of the only ways California has been growing in recent years,” Republican communications operative Steve Guest wrote on X.
“Democrats have been in total control of California for the past 16 years.”
An estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants entered California from 2021 to 2023, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. Between July 2021 and July 2023, California’s overall population grew by just under 20,000, per data published by the California Department of Finance.
“Thats because all the billionaires, millionaires big business and anyone that can afford it is leaving California faster than you pouring a pot of boiling hot potatoes on your ex partners head,” one X account wrote, responding to Porter and alluding to an allegation of domestic violence against the gubernatorial candidate.
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Rep. Katie Porter was questioned by hosts on “The View” about allegations of domestic abuse and staff mistreatment.(Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
California saw a net population loss of 215,542 from domestic migration in 2025, compared to a net gain of 125,473 from foreign migration that same year, according to the state’s Department of Finance. Migration out of California has cost the state billions of dollars per year in tax revenue, according to California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office.
Other critics seized on Porter’s assertion that illegal immigrants benefit California’s economy.
“If you think the best way to promote economic growth involves letting in illegal aliens, you’re doing it wrong,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote.
California’s illegal immigrants paid roughly $8.5 billion in state and local taxes during 2022, according to an estimate from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Conservative critics argue that illegal immigrants consume more than that in public services, such as education and subsidized healthcare, though the costs of such things are difficult to quantify.
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Some studies, including a report recently published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, have also found that illegal immigration causes the cost of living to go up by increasing demand for housing.
“I contained myself well, I think,” Sheriff Chad Bianco, one of the two Republicans who participated in the gubernatorial debate, chimed in.
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