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Cost of Illegal Immigrant Inmates
Last updated: Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 08:10:18 PM

Washinton state
The state pays about $50 million a year to house illegal immigrants in state prisons. The county housed 640 illegal immigrants at the jail last year. Those inmates cost the county $1.5 million and that doesn't include court costs or law enforcement.

Yakima county asks the feds for help with these costs through the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program or SCAP. The county received about $200,000 or $300,000 to help until this year. Federal cuts and more governments asking for funding has reduced the amount allotted to Yakima County. Our county will only receive $40,000 to help out with costs.

Yakima County has continued to ask the state for assistance for years to no avail. Costs not covered by the SCAP program are passed down to local taxpayers.