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Immigration Legislation(state level)
carrie2
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Immigration Update
The Financial Impact Of Criminal Aliens
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is the nation's Chief Federal Prosecutor. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for the incarceration of all federal prisoners convicted in federal courts.
The Number of Criminal Aliens in Custody
Criminal aliens (both legal and illegal non-citizens convicted of crimes) are a rapidly increasing burden on the prison systems in the U.S. and American taxpayers.
In 1980, federal and state facilities held fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens;
In 2004, approximately 267,000 criminal aliens were incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails.
In federal prisons..................46,000
In state prisons....................74,000
In local jails........................147,000
Approximately 27% of all prisoners in federal prisons are criminal aliens. The majority (63%) are citizens of Mexico. 17% are from Central America, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti. The remaining are from 164 different countries.
Federal Prisons - The Federal Bureau of Prisons estimates the annual cost of incarcerating this group is $1,500,000,000 annually. It should be noted that the shortage of prison space has required the BOP to be unable to hold all of the eligible prisoners.
Costs to Crime Victims of Failure to Incarcerate Criminal Aliens
The cost to taxpayers of incarcerating criminal aliens is trivial when compared to the costs these illegal criminals impose on their victims.
The General Accounting Office (GAO) recently analyzed the "rap sheets" of more than 55,000 criminal aliens in federal, state and local correctional facilities during 2003. (Source: General Accounting Office, "Information on Certain Illegal Aliens Arrested in the United States.")
The GAO found:
* The average criminal alien was arrested for 13 prior offenses;
* 12% were for murder, robbery, assault, and sex related crimes;
* Only 21% were for immigration law offenses, the rest were for felonies;
* 81% of their arrests occurred after 1990.
Criminal aliens are not casual lawbreakers. Most are repeat offenders - career criminals. The economic hardship they impose on their victims, including loss of income and property, uncompensated hospital bills, and emotional pain and suffering has been estimated at $1.6 million per violent offender.
Those who try to say that the criminal alien population in Lexington is not a burden on the rest of us, are simply choosing to ignore the facts.
Source: The Social Contract Press.
The Financial Impact Of Criminal Aliens
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is the nation's Chief Federal Prosecutor. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is responsible for the incarceration of all federal prisoners convicted in federal courts.
The Number of Criminal Aliens in Custody
Criminal aliens (both legal and illegal non-citizens convicted of crimes) are a rapidly increasing burden on the prison systems in the U.S. and American taxpayers.
In 1980, federal and state facilities held fewer than 9,000 criminal aliens;
In 2004, approximately 267,000 criminal aliens were incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails.
In federal prisons..................46,000
In state prisons....................74,000
In local jails........................147,000
Approximately 27% of all prisoners in federal prisons are criminal aliens. The majority (63%) are citizens of Mexico. 17% are from Central America, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti. The remaining are from 164 different countries.
Federal Prisons - The Federal Bureau of Prisons estimates the annual cost of incarcerating this group is $1,500,000,000 annually. It should be noted that the shortage of prison space has required the BOP to be unable to hold all of the eligible prisoners.
Costs to Crime Victims of Failure to Incarcerate Criminal Aliens
The cost to taxpayers of incarcerating criminal aliens is trivial when compared to the costs these illegal criminals impose on their victims.
The General Accounting Office (GAO) recently analyzed the "rap sheets" of more than 55,000 criminal aliens in federal, state and local correctional facilities during 2003. (Source: General Accounting Office, "Information on Certain Illegal Aliens Arrested in the United States.")
The GAO found:
* The average criminal alien was arrested for 13 prior offenses;
* 12% were for murder, robbery, assault, and sex related crimes;
* Only 21% were for immigration law offenses, the rest were for felonies;
* 81% of their arrests occurred after 1990.
Criminal aliens are not casual lawbreakers. Most are repeat offenders - career criminals. The economic hardship they impose on their victims, including loss of income and property, uncompensated hospital bills, and emotional pain and suffering has been estimated at $1.6 million per violent offender.
Those who try to say that the criminal alien population in Lexington is not a burden on the rest of us, are simply choosing to ignore the facts.
Source: The Social Contract Press.
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Comments
But all those criminal illegal aliens are hard workers! That's all that counts.
Yep, and to hell with the nation..[:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!]