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.