Jan 26 2010
Governor Schwarzenegger Wants to Build a Prison in Mexico
According to 2007 figures California has some of the most overcrowded prisons in the United States, with an estimated 170,000 inmates housed in facilities designed for 100,000 people.
Speaking to reporters at the Sacramento Press Club, Governor Schwarzenegger said California could ease its strained finances by a billion dollars if 20,000 illegal immigrants currently held in the state were housed across the border.
“I think that we can do so much better in the prison system alone if we can go and take, inmates for instance, the 20,000 inmates that are illegal immigrants that are here and get them to Mexico,” Schwarzenegger said.
“We pay them to build the prison down in Mexico. And then we have those undocumented immigrants down there in prison. It would half the costs to build the prison and run the prison. We could save a billion dollars right there that could go into higher education.”
I can’t speak for anyone else, but if there are 20,000 inmates that are illegal immigrants I personally don’t think we should pay to build a prison in Mexico to handle the problem. I think if they broke the law in California and they are illegal immigrants then we should just deport them and not spend a penny to house them in prison, just send them home. That would definitely free up some cash for education for California citizens including those who immigrated legally to California.
