Posted on 06/22/2009 12:47:07 PM PDT by Ben Mugged
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state's prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
The idea faces certain hurdles — for one thing, commuting some sentences will require court approval — and immigration authorities warn that a mass release of inmates from California and other states could swamp the federal system, which is already at capacity.
But Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Lisa Page said: "Every dollar not spent to house an undocumented immigrant inmate is a dollar that can be spent on health care services and education and other important programs to Californians. These inmates are the federal government's responsibility and California taxpayers shouldn't be paying the bill."
In recent years, other states have struck agreements with federal authorities to deport some inmates before their sentences were up, but those releases were done on a much smaller scale than what California is proposing.
The state's plan would involve as many as 19,000 inmates. Those among them who committed sex offenses or violent crimes would not be eligible for early release, Page said Friday.
Nearly 65,000 immigrants — most of them in the U.S. illegally — are serving time in the U.S. for state crimes.
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Incredible!
About freaking time!
This would be good if the border was secure enough to prevent them from getting back across.
He drained that state as much as he could as he tried to cover up the harsh reality about illegal immmigration. I have no respect for him.
He needs to support buidling the Fence ASAP. It is shovel ready.
How can they say the federal system is at limit? They aren’t deporting any of them.
well, use the $165 mil to shore up the borders and then release them all
I'll take a few in the back of the truck. Hell, I'll hitch the trailer up and get about 10 seated comfortably.
Where do I pick up--Home Depot?
deporting does nothing, they’ll just come back again. To be honest, trespasing is a minor crime. I wouldn’t want so much money keeping them locked up. Just build better fences
Nice start.
Clean out the schools and welfare rolls and you’ll really be starting to make progress.
But I thought mass deportations were “impossible”!!
Easy, drive them to the border, drop them off and say have a nice walk.
They'll be back in CA within 72 hours I bet.
And by Californians, she means the illegal aliens who aren't in jail.
Yes, that, plus: Would the feds really even deport most of the release-ees?
Would make better sense to keep the prisoners in and cut the illegal welfare, education & health care - then send THEM home.
When you got home the illegal would have half your stuff in his new Escalade including your dog.
So, if you are an American citizen and you commit a crime, you get to go to prison. But, if you are a Mexican citizen committing a crime in America you get a free trip back to Mexico. Plus, you get to come back to the good old USA whenever you please to start the cycle of crime over again because there is nothing stopping you from doing so. Sounds like a pretty good deal for Mexican criminals.
He should deport himself for starters.
Easily, and doing whatever got them incarcerated in the first place.
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