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Scheme to finance county jail with immigration detainees puts future Montgomery County finances at risk

Texas counties hoping that federal immigration detention dollars will subsidize local jail building need to pay closer attention to what's happening in national politics, where both presidential candidates strongly support comprehensive immigration reform. In particular, if elected President, John McCain says he will make changing US immigration policies his top priority, according to headlines today. Said McCain:"It will be my top priority yesterday, today and tomorrow," drawing sustained applause."There are 12 million people here and they are here illegally but they are God's children, they are God's children," McCain said, pounding the podium for emphasis as he repeated the words.The apparent inevitability of an immigration reformer assuming the presidential mantle makes recent financial decisions by some counties about their jails appear short-sighted, perhaps even doomed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 29, 2008 (boomark / email).