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Posted on 07/17/2006 6:22:02 PM PDT by truth49
Today Governor Christine Gregoire sent US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a bill for $50 million—Washington's cost of imprisoning criminal illegal aliens in Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006.
Bravo! It's about time Washington state requested the federal government fulfill its obligation on this issue. The Governor correctly demanded "the US government fulfill its legal duty to reimburse Washington State taxpayers for the cost of carrying out this federal function."
To help the feds do their job on immigration control, Gregoire should also put an end to the fleecing of Washington taxpayers by eliminating state services and benefits for the state's non-incarcerated illegal aliens. When not being faulted in state audits for illegally using federal money on illegal aliens (such as the recent Medicaid audit), the state has gone out of its way to provide state funds to those ineligible for federal dollars.
The Governor's invoice to the feds is long overdue and worthy of praise. Based on this effort, the next logical step is for Gregoire to ensure the state isn't subverting federal immigration law and wasting state tax dollars in other areas by eliminating state services and benefits for non-legal individuals.
Perhaps the Governor's next effort will be tightening citizenship requirements for driver licenses and requiring proof of identification for voting. By reducing illegal aliens' incentives to come and stay in Washington, we'll help the feds by reducing the number in prison in the first place.
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Governor's Letter to Gonzales
Victor Joecks is a policy analyst for EFF’s Economic Policy Center and Voter Integrity Project. He holds a B.S. in Math and History from Hillsdale College in Michigan. While at Hillsdale, Victor excelled on the school’s debate team winning numerous tournaments. Victor also served as President of Hillsdale’s Student Federation.
Big talk from the bitch who used illegal's votes to help get her sorry ass into office. She doesn't want to get rid of the criminals, just have someone else pay the bill.
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I heard on the radio this morning that here in Utah, we spend $23 million per year on Medicaid benefits for illegal aliens. That really torques my jaw. I'll have to figure out how much of that came from my paycheck.
Fraudoire must have been gritting her teeth all the while since she profited from these illegals vote.
WALL-->Mass (not the state, don't get uppity ;-) )Deportation -->National Guard/ State Guard patrolling.
If anything, bill the Fed for deportations and a Wall; I'm down for that..
Prisoners not to receive food, clothing, or medicines until arrears are caught up.
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