Texas Gov. Rick Perry Bills Feds for Housing Illegals

Filed under:General — posted by Jack on 8/27/2011 @ 7:49 pm

“Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reimburse the state $350 million to cover costs of imprisoning illegal immigrants.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the top-tier Republican presidential candidate blamed the federal government for not securing the border with Mexico, allowing illegal immigrants to cross over and use taxpayer-funded resources. He said resources for county jails are being depleted as a result.

Perry included in the letter the formula he used to determine the costs and included a memo from state Comptroller Susan Combs supporting his calculations.

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Perry-ImmigrationCosts/2011/08/26/id/408839?s=al&promo_code=CEE3-1

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