Oregon. Pennsylvania. and Washington. From 1988 to 1995. the number of illegal alien felons in California State facilities has soared by 235 percent. from 5.700 to an estimated 19.200 by the end of this year. During the same period. the total annual cost of incarcerating and supervising this population has skyrocketed from $122 million to an estimated $503 million by the end of the next fiscal year. a 310percent increase. The cumulative cost during this 7year period is in excess of $2.5 billion. In Los Angeles County alone. the overall cost of deportable criminal aliens to the countys criminal justice system amounts to $75 million per year. out of a $683 million budget. Although this amendment does not actually make Federal reimbursement for these costs mandatory. as many of us would like. it goes a long way toward guaranteeing these payments. If Congress wants to fund new prison construction. then. under this amendment. we will have to first ensure that there is sufficient funding for criminal alien reimbursement.
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