Schwarzenegger says freeing immigrant inmates would save $180 million »
Posted By Eagle_Eye 4 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsSACRAMENTO, Calif. - 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."
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slate4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Yeah what an Idea! Let's put the fear of letting criminals out on the street instead of cutting all the bloated programs. That should teach you for voting against an even more bloated state government.
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Frinkin politicians have no shame. They would rather set criminals loose on the population than cut the amount of money they have.-
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Candida4 months, 3 weeks ago
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slate:" Let's put the fear of letting criminals out on the street instead of cutting all the bloated programs."
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Considering that keeping people locked up is one of the most bloated programs in the US, this would cut a bloated program. The US has the highest per capita prison population in the world! I don't know whether sending illegal immigrant prisoners home is the best way of cutting costs, but reducing the prison population overall definitely deserves a second look. If other countries, including China and Russia, can survive with smaller prison populations, perhaps the US could too. I thought you were a fiscal conservative. -
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slate4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sure I did Beast I know how the politics of Immigrants works. Arnie couldn't say "DEPORT" because that would be racist,,,, if he says 'DEPORT' and then doesn't he'll be in trouble. Once Arnie finds out the Feds doen't want anything to do with it he will set them free. Hide and watch.
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Eagle_Eye4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Why doesn't this Governor have Immigration come in and do a sweep of his state, cut all the free programs to the illegals and send all the inmates back. I bet a lot of money would be available once the welfare to illegals is cut off.
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Candida4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Eagle_Eye: "Why doesn't this Governor have Immigration come in and do a sweep of his state, cut all the free programs to the illegals and send all the inmates back."
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Yes, that would save some money, but have you considered why those illegal immigrants are there in the first place, and why nobody seems to be determined to really crack down on them? Because they are cheap labor and without them the fruit an vegetables in California wouldn't be harvested. All the state would need to do to get rid of them is to crack down on the employers who use them. No work --> no illegal immigrant (well perhaps a few). -
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Georgia504 months, 2 weeks ago
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Gwinnett County, GA, already did this to save money. Pity that the radical left is hell-bent on bringing this nation to its knees. They'll never let California save money by freeing illegals. They won't even let California save 80,000 farming jobs by freeing up water in the San Joaquin valley. Species disappear every year around the world. But here in America, America has to be destroyed before we'll let another worthless guppie species die out.
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It's curious that the same state and federal judges who now join state legislatures in supporting aggressive tax measures for their own self-interest cannot see how saving jobs is likewise in their best interests. -
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lloydm654 months, 2 weeks ago
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Candida.The same goes on here it the Dallas-Ft Worth Metro plex.Contractor,and home builders lobby the hell out congress to keep them here.You can't compete with them.More than eighty percent work off the books.I was lock in with a federqal tax
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I D number,also a state I D,I had to with hold all the taxes,match social security,make contribution to state and federal employment commisions.Pay over time,and carry workmans comp.It cost me in excess seventy five thousand dollars to hang on two years,and another fifteen thousand for warehouse space to store my eguiptment,hoping things would get they didn't. -
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trmnatr24 months, 2 weeks ago
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as long as they send their azzes back to mexico,i agree.theres a big gang problem out there and if these lowlifes hit the streets ,the money they save will be nothing compared to the trouble these wetbacks cause.one of californias biggest problems is supporting the illegal population.
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