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The U.S./Mexico Border counties Coalition completed its Department of
Justice-funded study. Illegal Immigrants in U.S./Mexico Border
Counties: The Costs of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice and
Emergency Medical Services. The research team consists of the UA's
Institute for Local Government (lead investigator), San Diego State
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University, New Mexico State University, and University of
Texas at el Paso. In-depth data on the costs to counties have
provided congress with a much-anticipated basis for debating SB 169,
introduced by Arizona Senator Jon Kyl and the seven border state
senators to reimburse counties and other entities for these costs.
The 24 border counties wracked up an estimated $108.2 million in
additional costs in FY 1999 to provide law enforcement, criminal
justice, and emergency medical care services to illegal immigrants.
The table to the left presents these costs by function and state.
Both the executive summary and the full report (300 pages) can be
found on the U.S./Mexico Border Counties.
The Coalition has also received funding from the Health Care
Finance Administration to conduct a similar study on hospital in
border counties.
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SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP PROGRAM REACHES ACROSS THE PACIFIC
The Southwest Leadership Program for Local and State Government received its
first international participant in Module II...from Japan! Hiromi Tajim, Chief
of Strategic Planning for the City of Eniwa on the Island of Hokkaido, was
researching Arizona local government on the web when he learned of the program
on our website. while he was here, Hiroma was given the red carpet treatment by
Maricopa County, the City of Phoenix, and the City of Glendale. Hiromi will be
writing several articles about his experiences in Arizona for Japan's counterpart
to Governing Magazine.
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