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President Obama voted in the Senate to provide additional funding for a program targeted for elimination by his budget that provides states a federal subsidy to offset the costs of jailing illegal immigrants.
Killing the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAPP) would save $400 million, according to Obama’s budget for fiscal 2010 released Thursday. It’s one of the largest non-defense discretionary cuts proposed in the president’s budget.http://thehill.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82270&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=70By Ian Swanson and Walter Alarkon — TheHill.com
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