Bill Text: CA AJR1 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Undocumented criminals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-08-29 - Read. Refused adoption. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 2629.) Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Donnelly. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2629.) Read. Refused adoption. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 2653.) [AJR1 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AJR1-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AJR 1	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        JANUARY 19, 2011

   Relative to undocumented criminals.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 1, as amended, Donnelly. Undocumented criminals.
   This measure would urge Congress and the President to restore full
funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and to fully
reimburse states for the cost of incarcerating undocumented
criminals.
   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 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 criminals or take the
undocumented criminals into the custody of the federal government (8
U.S.C. Sec. 1231); and
   WHEREAS, The federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program was
created in 1994 for the purpose of reimbursing states for the costs
of incarcerating undocumented 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 criminals; and
   WHEREAS, There are almost 17,000 self-reported undocumented
criminals in the California prison system; and
   WHEREAS, In the 2009-10 fiscal year, the cost per incarcerated
individual in California was $52,363 each year; and
   WHEREAS, In the 2009-10 fiscal year, it cost the State of
California over $885 million to house these undocumented criminals;
and
   WHEREAS, In the 2009-10 fiscal year, the State of California was
reimbursed from the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program in an
amount equal to only 11 cents for every dollar spent to house these
undocumented criminals; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature respectfully urges Congress
and the President to restore full 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 cost of incarcerating undocumented
criminals, and to ensure that the State of California receives
reimbursement for every dollar spent to incarcerate  illegal
immigrants   undocumented criminals  within the
California prison system; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Speaker of the Assembly 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.