The most troubling cost to me is my concern about shortterm job loss and readjustment. That is why the commitment I received from President Clinton for a new prisoner exchange agreement Is so important. Currently. there are 16.000 illegal immigrants In California prisons costing the American taxpayer over $450 million annually. By requiring convicted illegal immigrants to serve their terms in Mexican jails. we free up resources that can be used to invest In new American jobs and other services in California thereby offsetting the impact of shortterm job losses. As an added bonus. this prisonerexchange agreement should reduce crime by illegal immigrants. I think they will think twice about breaking the law in the United States if they know they will be serving their time in Mexican jails. NAFTA offers many. economic and other benefits to the United States.
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Suggests illegal immigrants will be deterred from crime if they know they will be jailed in Mexico.