Indeed. the entire state is deeply affected. According to statistics from the Washington State Department of Corrections for November 1991. there were 1226 alien inmates in Washington state prisons. Although it is difficult to say how many of these entered this country illegally. not one of them was a U.S. born or naturalized citizens. Not including workrelease or prerelease. categories to which aliens are seldom assigned. the entire Washington state inmate population was between 8081 and 8323. Thus. criminal aliens accounted for an astounding 15 percent of that population. Washington state neither sets Federal immigration policy nor bears responsibility for enforcing it. and yet. Washington state has become the victim of the Federal Governments inability adequately to control its borders. These criminals are not taxpayers in this country. but they are costing the citizens of Washington state nearly $28 million a year just to incarcerate them.
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