Speech #1090155702

State Subcommittee of Appropriations. The head of the Department of the Federal Bureau of Prisons testified before our subcommittee just a couple of months ago. there are 189.000 persons incarcerated in the Federal penal system. Of that 189.000. 50.000 of them. according to him. are illegal aliens. Think how much we could reduce the Federal prison costs if we had no illegal aliens in this country. Think how much you could reduce local jail costs and State prison costs. That percentage of incarcerated illegal aliens far exceeds the percentage of illegal aliens in our current population. I would like to close by mentioning deficit reduction. I hear many persons across the 5th District of Virginia. around the Commonwealth and in other parts of our country say. we need to get the deficit under control. we need to be in a position in this country of not having a deficit. When you add up the impact of illegal immigration on our local governments. our State governments and our own Federal Government. you are talking around $70 billion per year. and that is probably a low estimate. Stop illegal immigration by saying "no" to amnesty ever. and by adopting a number of the measures that the fighters for border security support. and we will go a long way towards ending the deficit in this country. Mr. Speaker. thank you for this opportunity to address you.