05-29-2011, 05:10 AM
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Criminal and accused illegal aliens are federal responsibility, local lawmakers say
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In the light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating release of 33,000 criminals in the next two years, two lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging the federal government to intervene.
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Hesperia, this week sent a "2010 invoice" for $885,039,426 to President Barack Obama asking him to pay up or take custody of 17,000 illegal immigrants from state prisons...
...SCAAP, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, provides federal payments to states and localities for correctional officers' salaries for incarcerating illegal criminal aliens.
In 2010, SCAAP doled out a roughly $400 million to 850 cities, counties and states, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonpartisan research organization.
California is the nation's biggest recipient of SCAAP funds.
"The state has spent over $885 million to house these inmates, but last year we got reimbursed only $88 million,"
Donnelly said. "That's less than 10 cents for every dollar spent."
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation holds in custody 16,829 inmates who are under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold.
An additional 3,844 are under "potential" ICE hold - deemed possible illegal entrants who have not come into contact with Department of Homeland Security and have no record in the federal database.
Of those on an ICE hold, 1,042 are serving time for first- degree murder, 1,912 for robbery and 616 for rape...
...Although details of the report are not available, one part of the plan is to discharge from parole illegal aliens who have been deported by the federal government, according to Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the CDCR.
"Before, they would come back (into the country) and make contact with the law enforcement and be in violation of their state parole when they should have been dealt with by the federal government," Thornton said. "By entering illegally, they violate federal law." ...
Full article http://www.sbsun.com/ci_18151681
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