California’s latest benefit to illegal immigrants: Free solar panels
California has launched a program providing free solar panels and other appliances to low-income farmworkers, including illegal immigrants. The initiative is part of a broader cap-and-trade system aimed at combating climate change, with $49 million allocated since 2019. However, concerns have been raised about the program's financial accountability and the limited number of families served.
- ▪California's program offers free solar panels and appliances to low-income farmworkers, including illegal immigrants.
- ▪The initiative is funded through the state's cap-and-trade system, which redistributes money to energy programs.
- ▪Despite a budget of $49 million, only about 2,000 families have received services since 2019.
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Opinion California’s latest benefit to illegal immigrants: Free solar panels By Christopher F. Rufo and Austen Hufford Published May 26, 2026, 12:27 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google California is spending millions of dollars on a program that provides free solar panels, refrigerators, and windows to “low-income” farmworkers, including illegal immigrants. The initiative, called the Farmworker Housing Component of the Low-Income Weatherization Program, is part of California’s sprawling, multibillion-dollar “cap-and-trade” system, which taxes carbon producers and redistributes approximately $3 billion per year to energy programs and left-wing social causes — all under the banner of fighting “climate change.” Since 2019, California’s…
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