State. and county criminal justice systems can no longer bear this awesome burden. The Republican crimefighting agenda seeks to ease this troublesome load by providing more effective crimefighting tools. The Criminal Alien Deportation Act. H.R. 668. cracks down on criminal aliens by allowing swifter deportation procedures and stiffer smuggling penalties. Speeding up the deportation process frees up more of our scarce prison resource. Currently. criminal aliens constitute onefourth of our prison population. Our Republican crime bill recognizes the staggering costs that criminal aliens place on our judicial system. Criminal Immigrants cost the State and county criminal justice systems moce than $500 million per year. These are costs we cannot sustain. Mr. Chairman. the Criminal Alien Deportation Act affects every taxpayer in America. Speeding up the deportation process saves American taxpayer dollars and frees up jail space to allow us to keep more criminals off our streets.
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