[Joe Hadenuf]

Two million prisoners inhabit our prisons. However, according to the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, DC, an astounding 30 percent of those prisoners constitute illegal aliens at a cost of $1.6 billion annually.

That adds up to 600,000 foreigners ripping off taxpayer dollars as prisoners sit in our cells during their incarceration period.

[FBD]

You probably already have this stat, I'll post it to you for others to see.

"There are an estimated 80,000 criminal illegal aliens in the country, which are people who have committed crimes in the United States and are due for deportation but remain at large. An estimated 4,000 of those criminal illegal aliens are from countries that support terrorism."

Source: Lou Dobbs
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/13/immigration.bill/index.html

[staytrue]

Two million prisoners inhabit our prisons. However, according to the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, DC, an astounding 30 percent of those prisoners constitute illegal aliens at a cost of $1.6 billion annually.

This statement is flawed. 600,000 inmates at 3,000 dollars per inmate yields 1.8 billion. You can not house an inmate at 3k per year. Either the 600,000 is a wrong number or the 1.6 billion is.