Speech #1050110140

So we need to end lenient release standards. and we need tough sentencing and parole standards. We have to make sure. again. that those who are arrested and charged with serious crimes get jail. not bail. that they go to jail. that they are not released right back into society. and we have to make sure that the time given is time served. If we are truly concerned. though. about public safety. certainly in California. we have to seal off our border from drugs and illegal immigration. We have about 6.600 jail beds or jail cells in America today. and about a half a million. a half million. illegal aliens. many of whom commit other crimes while in America. bearing in mind. of course. that coming here. crossing the border. entering America illegally. is a crime in itself. and they then commit other crimes while living in America. So 6.600 jail beds. and onehalf million. approximately. or estimated. illegal aliens in America. We obviously have no way to control the problem. We obviously have no way to incarcerate those individuals. Too many of those individuals are filling up our jails. are occupying our available jail cells. and as a result. we are not able to incarcerate. pretrial. many of the people who should remain in jail. not free on their own recognizance or promise to appear in court. because they pose a very serious risk. a real menace. if you will. to society as a whole. We also should change Federal policy in this country where criminal aliens. aliens who are arrested and convicted of serious crimes in America. I am talking about illegal aliens. are deported back to their country of origin. Because again. our concern is we do not have enough jail cells. we do not have enough prison cells to ensure the public safety. and to protect the public from those individuals who have shown as a result of their criminal history that they pose a very real risk to society as a whole. Lastly. if we are concerned about public safety. since children account for the fastest growing segment of the criminal population. we ought to pass legislation in this session of Congress. which is rapidly running down now. that deals with the juvenile crime problem in America.