re: #32 FurryOldGuyJeans

The $17 billion is to include removing funds for paying states the cost of jailing illegals.

When is the next 15 Minute Hate?

The program is popular with border-state politicians on Capitol Hill, however, making its elimination a tough sell to lawmakers, particularly from California.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has repeatedly pushed for additional funding for the program, and lawmakers from other states that have costs associated with illegal aliens have also offered support.

A bipartisan trio of House members from California have drafted a letter urging the House Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies to restore funding for the SCAAP program. The three members, Reps. Mike Honda (D), Adam Schiff (D) and Jerry Lewis, the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, are also asking the rest of the California House delegation to sign the letter, Honda’s office said.

If Jerry Lewis (R, Porkmeister extraordinaire) and DiFi are for the program, I support killing it.

Maybe those border states will enact tough anti-illegal immigrant legislation if they don’t get federal dollars to help incarcerate the felons among them.