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Brian Bilbray: “I am just saying as somebody who spent 20 years in local government in a border community, I just heard that the Federal…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1996
I am just saying as somebody who spent 20 years in local government in a border community, I just heard that the Federal administration 2 years ago was out to reimburse for the cost of incarcerating criminal aliens. You know, all I got to say as somebody who had to run a criminal justice system for 2.6 million people, we did not see it. We did not see it.
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Brian Bilbray
California

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Addressing the lack of federal reimbursement for costs related to incarcerating criminal aliens.

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