ANTONOVICH WANTS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY JAIL COSTS FOR CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS

 

 

       

PRESS RELEASE	Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy Office:      (213) 974-5555   Cell: (213) 215-5176 E-mail:     tbell@bos.lacounty.gov
June 18, 2009	For Immediate Release
ANTONOVICH WANTS FEDERAL government TO PAY JAIL COSTS FOR CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS
LOS ANGELES COUNTY – A motion by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich will send a five-signature letter to President Obama and members of Congress to have the federal government pay for the high cost of incarcerating criminal illegal aliens under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP).    “The federal government’s failure to cover the high costs of incarcerating criminal illegal aliens, shifts another unfunded responsibility to County taxpayers already overburdened with over $1 billion dollars in healthcare, welfare, public safety and other costs resulting from the federal government’s failure to enforce its borders,” said Supervisor Antonovich.
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