"The announcement from the Gov's office has virtually nothing to do with immigrants, legal or otherwise." "The state is facing a multi-billion dollar shortfall, and will be unable to pay anyone very soon..."
The announcement cleverly has nothing to do with illegal immigrants, and the Governor's office is hoping not to have anything to do with illegal immigrants, but the the state budget shortfall is all about providing services to people who either pay very little taxes or none at all, and a large part of those are illegal immigrants.