12-17-2018, 10:30 PM
(12-17-2018, 09:03 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: I didn't even make it yet to how much it costs us annually to imprison the illegals yet.. of which 30% of federal prisoners are illegals.Simple answer to this problem. Stop making illegal re-entry to the United States a federal felony offense. 30% of these prisoners are in custody for immigration violations. Just deport them instead of keeping them in federal prisons.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/federal-prison-illegal-immigrants-taxpayers-pay-about-billion/
The U.S. Department of Justice released statistics today regarding aliens incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It found that as of March 25, there were 41,528 illegal immigrants in its prison system. The cost of this to the American taxpayer runs into the billions.
Which is to say that U.S. taxpayers are spending in the ballpark of $1.2 billion per year on the incarceration of illegal immigrants. The Federal Bureau of Prisons spends on average $29,226 per year on each inmate (this average takes into account all inmates, including those who need high security, medium security, and low security). Moreover, U.S. taxpayers are footing a bill of roughly $660 million per year — or $1.8 million per day — for inmates who have already received deportation orders.
