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Title: Obama ends well-liked program for border security
Source: SacBee
URL Source: http://www.sacbee.com/838/story/1843133.html
Published: May 7, 2009
Author: SUZANNE GAMBOA
Post Date: 2009-05-08 03:33:46 by farmfriend
Keywords: None
Views: 192
Comments: 2

Obama ends well-liked program for border security

By SUZANNE GAMBOA
Associated Press Writer
Published: Thursday, May. 7, 2009 - 2:19 pm
Last Modified: Thursday, May. 7, 2009 - 2:25 pm

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress quickly denounced an Obama administration plan to end federal payments to states and communities for jailing illegal immigrants.

President Barack Obama asked Congress in his budget Thursday to end the State Alien Criminal Assistance Program. Instead, the $400 million it received for the 2009 fiscal year could be used for border security and immigration enforcement, the administration said.

The SCAAP program reimburses states and counties for jailers' salaries for holding illegal immigrants who have at least one felony and two misdemeanor convictions. But the Obama administration says the reimbursements also can be used for bonuses, consultants and buying vehicles.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said killing the program "deprives communities of critical funding for public safety services." The California state corrections received more than $118 million in 2008 through the program.

"We cannot afford to let our public safety services crumble under the weight of our immigration policies, especially during this time of economic uncertainty," Feinstein said.

State and local officials vehemently protested several attempts by former President George W. Bush to end the program. Congress regularly funded the program. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was among state officials - when she was Arizona's governor - who petitioned Bush to continue paying the jailing costs. Arizona state corrections received $12.8 million in reimbursements last year.

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#1. To: farmfriend (#0)

Instead, the $400 million it received for the 2009 fiscal year could be used for border security and immigration enforcement, the administration said.

That's great!

It's gonna take money away from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and give it to border patrol!

That's great!

HAH!

If Feinstein and Arpaio are against it then I'm all for it!

Hey, an ounce of border prevention is worth a pound of incarceration cure!

It will also be a powerful incentive for the states to work to deport crims instead of housing them so crooked sheriffs can line their pockets.

HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2009-05-08   3:44:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: farmfriend (#0)

"We cannot afford to let our public safety services crumble under the weight of our immigration policies, especially during this time of economic uncertainty," Feinstein said.

That would leave a vacuum to be filled by who knows what!

Casting call now open for: Gray Skies, Bare Trees, and a Jewess.

Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2009-05-08   10:21:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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