Thread: California steps up efforts on cost of imprisoned illegals

I was born and raised in California, so I've seen all the changes over the years. People here really have fought and struggled to get changes (like 187), and then been slapped down by the power of the courts. This may surprise those of you from other states (like our Maine friend here!) I want this state to suffer utter misery until people get angry and demand that things change--and will finally LOOK at the real issues. If that means that people lose their jobs, that houses go down in value, and that we see boarded up stores everywhere, than so be it. There is a lot of anger here, believe me--especially when they want to raise every tax in the world to save the state at a time when people have lost their jobs. I for one want the pain to intensify so that the cause of our misery is plain to everyone. THEN I want to see every incumbent voted out of office.

Illegal Immigration: Drugs, Gangs and Crime
| John W. Pope Civitas ...Apr 7, 2008 ...
Between 2000 and 2006, the number of aliens (legal status unknown) entering North Carolina’s prison system increased by 210 percent . . .
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Since no state can patrol the border to stop these criminals from coming here, because all immigration is a federal responsibility, the taxpayers of North Carolina shouldn't have to pay to keep these criminals in prison.
The feds should have to pay to keep them locked up because it is the feds who let them get into the country.

Just like the criminals in the CA. prisons.

CALIFORNIA IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN FOR BALANCED BUDGET

SACRAMENTO, CA State lawmakers unveiled a package of 20 bills, aimed at saving money and balancing the state budget by targeting illegal aliens.

Assembly members want to chip away at the state deficit by checking the immigration status of those getting state-funded social benefits and jobs. They especially want to crackdown on those who have committed crimes.

"California is on a financial life raft that is sinking, but at the same time, we continue to pull on more and more people on board," said Assemblyman Jim Silva (R) of Huntington Beach.

Many of the proposals concentrate on criminal activity because in 2006 - 2007, it cost the state roughly $850,000,000 million dollars to incarcerate more than 17,000 illegal immigrants.

Among the proposals:

- Adding ten years to prison sentences for felonies if the illegal had been previously deported.

- Checking the immigration status of DUI offenders

- Requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with INS

- Denying bail for gang-related or violent crimes

- And reporting dangerous juveniles to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation.

"To the extent we have criminal activity in our state, we should address it very, very vigorously" said state Senior Gil Cedillo (D) of Los Angeles, Vice-Chairman of the Latino Caucus.

"I think the law enforcement agencies in my city should be focused on crime and violence, which is starting to creep up," said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Assemblyman John Benoit(R) of Bermuda Dunes is a law enforcement veteran-turned politician, who says it's time cops are part of the solution.

"I have been involved in stopping, finding, and in some cases, deporting people here illegally. I think the rule of law is the reason the United States stands out among nations," said Assemblyman Benoit.

The federal government is supposed to help pay for jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes, but California got reimbursed only $100,000,000 dollars last year, less than 13 percent of the actual costs.

http://abclocal.go.com:80/kgo/story?sec ... id=6042094

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