Lawmaker: U.S. Should Pay For Jailed Immigrants
By The Associated Press
POSTED: 11:55 am PDT April 1, 2011

SALEM, Ore. -- A committee in the Oregon House is taking up legislation that would urge Congress to reimburse the state for the cost of keeping illegal immigrants in prison.

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up the nonbinding memorial on Friday.

The memorial is sponsored by Rep. Kim Thatcher of Keizer. It says Oregon spends millions of dollars every year to incarcerate illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the state, and preventing illegal immigration is the responsibility of the federal government.

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