Speech #1040015001

That is the frustration that common. decent Americans have with the penal system when people are not serving their full sentence. who get endless appeals. they get to tie up courts. It really. in this country. has become a matter where they can tie them up forever and get away with whatever crime they committed. You know there is another aspect of our crime reform bill that I think is very important: 22 percent of the prisoners in the Federal penitentiaries are illegal aliens. who are not American citizens. 22 percent. Again. they are getting all the amenities that you or I would only be able to get if we went to a good hotel room. Yet we cannot even deport them. This changes that. We want to deport them. I believe that any kind of fooling with the trade bill. foreign aid bill. immigration. I would say "Look. you folks are welcome to our country legally any time you want." They come here illegally. then they are going home on a oneway ticket and "Dont send them back. we are going to bill you the costs back." through negotiation. I think it is time that we start tightening up. we cannot afford to pay the bill for 22 percent of the nonAmericans-