CA lawmaker wants Feds to reimburse illegal alien incarceration costs (illegal immigrants, prison)

[antireconquista]

Lawmaker to Feds: Reimburse California for Illegal Immigrants | NBC Los Angeles

[1AngryTaxPayer]

The average annual cost to house an inmate in California is $35,587. According to Benoit's office, illegal immigrants comprise 15 percent -- roughly 26,000 inmates -- of the state's prison population.

that is a chunk of change

[bipolarpunk]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

The average annual cost to house an inmate in California is $35,587. According to Benoit's office, illegal immigrants comprise 15 percent -- roughly 26,000 inmates -- of the state's prison population.

that is a chunk of change

Damn! $35,587 per person per year?!?

I know of many people in California that live on FAR LESS than that..

[Ceece]

Originally Posted by bipolarpunk

Damn! $35,587 per person per year?!?

I know of many people in California that live on FAR LESS than that..

Seriously.
Incarceration is expensive. That's one of the reasons Gov Terminator is saying we must release a % of prison population to balance the State budget. And a reason to reconsider what is and what isn't prison worthy ((pot))

[the one]

19000 inamtes, mostly non violent offenders to be released.

whos responsibility is it?

california has a case.
the feds aint doing what they supposed to do at the border. in CA the tightened up the border (thanks to the new head of HS), but that just shifted the problem to AZ. and a lot of people once on this side, just came to CA.

has CA, been a welcoming place? i dont think so. its been more complascent. now its cracking down, at least in the jails.

maybe the solution would be once a criminal is known to be in the states illegally they get transferred over to the fed detention halls. the problem is that you would have serious offenders in with people whose only crime is being here illegally. so a new classification system would be required.

what about lifers who are illegal? illegals on DR?

i guess the solution would be to expand federal immigration jails that have seperate tiers for all types of offenders.

serious ones, killers, rapists, jay walkers, drunk drivers, those awaiting deportation.

then the feds can handle everyone.

Originally Posted by Ceece

Seriously.
Incarceration is expensive. That's one of the reasons Gov Terminator is saying we must release a % of prison population to balance the State budget. And a reason to reconsider what is and what isn't prison worthy ((pot))

[texdav]

Fat chance really.The feds will just say ok;how the moeny that we gave you for that must be used to fund your illegals.

[newideas]

I don't think people who commit non-violent crimes shouldn't be sent to jail. People who are not citizens of this country and commit any crime, should be deported, not put into our jails that are funded by our tax dollars.

[the one]

chipped, then sent across the border. that way both govt's can keep track of them.

Originally Posted by newideas

I don't think people who commit non-violent crimes shouldn't be sent to jail. People who are not citizens of this country and commit any crime, should be deported, not put into our jails that are funded by our tax dollars.