Commissioner Nelson says: It is the policy of the INS. when we are contacted by state or local officials concerning aliens who have violated state or local laws in the commission of crimes to encourage state authorities to prosecute the alien. After the suspect has been convicted. served his sentence. or the sentence has been suspended. INS will take the alien into custody and institute deportation proceedings. Well. I think it is terribly unfair that the States should be required to assume the costs in prison or jail for those aliens when they have no input into formulating these policies. If the Federal Government has good reason for delaying deportation. fine. but they should pay the costs. Now. it is estimated that there are approximately 2.000 nonpermanent resident aliens in State prisons nationwide. While there are no hard figures for the numbers in city and county facilities due to the difficulty in eliciting what often must be selfreported data. many report experiencing similar burdens in overcrowding and high costs.
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