Thread: TX-Perry seeks reimbursement for detained immigrants

Perry seeks reimbursement for detained immigrants
by Associated Press

Posted on February 10, 2010 at 3:11 PM


CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry wants the federal government to reimburse Texas for the cost of holding illegal immigrants in state prisons.

Perry said Wednesday that Texas spends $13.5 million each month holding illegal immigrants who are either serving their sentences or awaiting deportation. He also called for programs to speed identification of suspects who enter the country illegally.

Appearing at a campaign stop in Corpus Christi, Perry said there are an estimated 9,000 illegal immigrants in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Perry said he will send a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to request reimbursement.


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Perry blasts immigration policy
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Contending the federal government has failed to control the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he'll begin billing the government the $13.5 million a month that he says it costs the state to incarcerate undocumented people being held on criminal charges.

Whether led by a Democrat or Republican president, “there is a massive indifference in Washington to the Texas taxpayer footing the bill for what is clearly a federal responsibility,â€