Taxpayer Costs of Criminal Aliens in Colorado Jails and Prisons

Article CAIRCO note: 
New CAIRCO research
Article publisher: 
Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform
Article date: 
3 November 2016
Article category: 
Colorado News
Medium
Article Body: 

The unreimbursed cost to Colorado taxpayers in 2015 was over $68 million for Colorado Department of Corrections alone, plus an equal or greater amount for the 35 county jails. This is particularly important when Colorado's Governor says we have a $500 million shortfall in the budget for 2017.

See the new CAIRCO.org Fact Sheet: Taxpayer Costs of Criminal Aliens in Colorado Jails and Prisons.