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Immigration and County Jails: Are high costs caused by an unfunded mandate or poor choices by county sheriffs?

By Gritsforbreakfast

A national study confirms a proposition I've contended for some time: That immigration enforcement has placed a huge unfunded mandate on counties, particularly when, for political reasons, Sheriffs choose to expand immigration enforcement duties beyond minimum requirements, as has happened in Austin, Houston, and elsewhere. Reported the NY Times ("Border counties shortchanged in immigrant costs, study says," March 6):Counties along the Mexican border from California to Texas are shortchanged millions of dollars a year in costs related to prosecuting and jailing illegal immigrants, according to a study released Wednesday. The study was by the University of Arizona and San Diego State University on behalf of the United States/Mexico Border Counties Coalition, a group representing the 24 border counties...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).