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Originally Posted by Toughy
you know I got to thinking about this more.........
I wonder if the feds will pay a dime for someone jailed under a state law? At what point does that person cease to be a state prisoner and becomes a fed prisoner temporarily housed in a city/county jail.?
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I think that the person will have to serve a sentence in State custody and then will be released to Immigration for deportation. That is why they made it a crime.
I know here in CA you serve the time for a crime if you are undocumented and THEN they turn you over to Immigration.
eta: I don't see Federal monies coming to the state of AZ for the incarceration of persons housed for breaking a state crime. When the Feds rent jail space for holding people in Federal custody, then monies change hands. Not so much for State custody incarcerations.