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SJR-12 Undocumented criminals.(2009-2010)

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Amended  IN  Senate  July 14, 2009
Amended  IN  Senate  June 30, 2009
Amended  IN  Senate  June 22, 2009

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2009–2010 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Joint Resolution
No. 12

Introduced  by  Senator Benoit, Aanestad, Ashburn, Cogdill, Cox, Dutton, Harman, Hollingsworth, Huff, Maldonado, Runner, Strickland, Walters, Wyland
 (Coauthor(s): Senator Ducheny)
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Blumenfield, Conway, Cook, Gaines, Jeffries, Knight, Niello, Silva)

June 01, 2009

Relative to criminal aliens undocumented criminals.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SJR 12, as amended, Benoit. Criminal aliens. Undocumented criminals.
This measure would urge Congress and the President to restore funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
Fiscal Committee: NO  
WHEREAS, The federal government has a legal and moral obligation to keep our borders secure and, if it does not, it should pay the state the full cost of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens criminals; and
WHEREAS, Federal law states that when a chief executive officer of a state submits a written request to the United States Attorney General for reimbursement the Attorney General will either enter into a contractual arrangement that provides for compensation to the state to incarcerate the undocumented criminal alien criminals or take the undocumented criminal alien criminals into the custody of the federal government (8 U.S.C. Sec. 1231); and
WHEREAS, The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program was created in 1994 for the purpose of reimbursing states for the costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens criminals; and
WHEREAS, Federal law provides that the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program provide federal payments to states and localities that incur costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens criminals; and
WHEREAS, Twelve percent of California’s current prison population is composed of undocumented criminal aliens criminals, with each inmate costing the state $48,536 each year; and
WHEREAS, In fiscal year 2008–09, it cost the State of California over $970 million to house these undocumented criminal aliens criminals; and
WHEREAS, In fiscal year 2008–09 the State of California was reimbursed only $111 million from the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, making up only 11 percent of the total cost to house these undocumented criminal aliens criminals; and
WHEREAS, The President of United States recently announced his intention to eliminate funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program in fiscal year 2010; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature respectfully urges Congress and the President to restore funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges Congress and the President to adequately fund the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program to fully reimburse states for the full cost of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens criminals; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.