Instead. It is down to $200 million. with $30 million reserved for the prosecutors program. Immigration policy and control of our borders is an exclusively Federal responsibility. We all know this. Yet in our State prisons and our county jails. there is an incurrence of very heavy costs in incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens. Taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for incarcerating illegal aliens convicted of criminal offenses who are in State and local jails. There is a growing belief among many in this country that the immigration situation is out of control. This year. the Pew Hispanic Center released a study which shows that between 2000 and 2004. approximately 3.1 million individuals entered the country without proper authorization. That is approximately 700.000 a year. Compare that to the fact that in 2003. Border Patrol agents apprehended somewhat over 1 million individuals seeking to enter the country illegally. It is said that for every one individual caught. three more enter illegally. If that is the case. nearly 3 million seek to enter the country illegally in a given year.
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