State seeks more federal aid for cost of keeping illegal immigrant inmates
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-illegal-felons11-2009apr11,0,5676455.story
Fifteen years after Congress promised that Washington would help states pick up the tab for imprisoning illegal immigrants convicted of crimes, California is receiving but a fraction -- less than 12 cents on the dollar -- of its nearly $1-billion annual cost.