Criminal Aliens Have Cost Colorado Taxpayers More Than $500 Million
DENVER, CO (CBS 4) – Colorado taxpayers paid more than $522 million to imprison illegal immigrants convicted of crimes over the past 20 years, according to a CBS4 investigation.
The figure, which exceeds a half billion dollars, is drawn from a Colorado Department of Corrections analysis of its State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) applications, a federal grant program designed to offset some costs of incarcerating people in the country illegally. To receive SCAAP funding, state prisons and county jails provide the Department of Justice with a list of names of illegal immigrants and the number of days each served behind bars.
http://www.illegalaliencrimereport.com/uncategorized/criminal-aliens-have-cost-colorado-taxpayers-more-than-500-million/
