Cost of Jailing Illegal Immigrants in Arizona Soars; Feds Plan to Cancel Funding
Arizona Capitol Times › May 16, 2009
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Arizona and its counties have spent hundreds of millions of dollars each year on costs associated with incarcerating criminal illegal immigrants while the federal government has grudgingly paid a fraction of the bill.
Now, though, President Barack Obama is floating a proposal to pull the federal share of funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance (SCAAP) program starting next year, and Arizona's congressional delegation is pleading with colleagues to thwart the plan.See the full content of this document
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Cost of Jailing Illegal Immigrants in Arizona Soars; Feds Plan to Cancel Funding
The Arizona Department of Corrections received $12.8 million from the federal government to house the 5,600 criminal illegal immigrants who were in state prisons in 2008, according to state figures provided to the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. For comparison, Arizona spent about $124 million to house illegal immigrant inmates that year.
Right now, Arizona's state p...See the full content of this document
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