Over 2.5% of the budget of Colorado's El Paso County goes to jail illegal aliens

The sheriff there wants ICE to open an office, this report says. Yes, this is a small matter, but it's things like this that can help people get a handle on this problem:

[Colorado] has an estimated 200,000 illegal immigrants, and about 30,000 in El Paso County, Maketa said.

Bensberg said he took interest in a local ICE office when he heard that county taxpayers pay $1.2 million a year to hold illegal immigrants.

"With a budget of $40-$44 million a year, that's a significant chunk," he said.

Bensberg would like to see a federal office open here, where ICE could operate along with other federal agencies...

Immigration2005b · Sat, 08/06/2005 - 16:06 · · Importance: 1

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savings on the cost of holding illegal aliens in prisons and jails, might be enough to amortize the cost of a border fortification of a multibllion dollar expense.

Posted by: John S Bolton at Aug 7, 2005 4:37 PM

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