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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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San Bernardino County Grand Jury • 2005-2006

Illegal Immigrants

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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F2, F3, F4

Findings 2 findings

F1
There are 58 departments/agencies in the County 2. 17 of these departments/agencies provide services only to other departments 3. 10 departments have definitely stated they provide services to illegal immigrants 4. 10 more departments have stated that they “probably” or “maybe” provide services to illegal immigrants 72 2005-2006 San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report
F5 Page 92
Of these 20 departments who provide services to illegal immigrants, 10 of them stated that some or all of expenses for illegal immigrant services are reimbursed by the State or Federal government (usually at a much later date) 6. 6 departments provided an annual cost estimate to provide services to illegal immigrants: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) $8,950,000 100% County Cost Children’s Services $316,232 55% County Cost (Child Care, Medical, (Does not include Social Worker ($173,683.00) Foster Care, Preschool Services, case management services) Child Welfare, Food Stamps) Probation Department $773,300 100% County Cost Public Defender $9,000,000 100% County Cost District Attorney $9,000,000 100% County cost Sheriff/Coroner $11,000,000 100% County cost (Jail Cost only) Estimated costs for just these six departments for one year amount to $38,280,236, just for San Bernardino County. The costs for illegal immigrant services provided by the other 14 departments who have no idea of the amount, would add substantially to this cost. There are additional costs for cities to provide services. Obviously, the costs to the Federal and State governments have to be enormous. Only the Superintendent of Schools stated they have been told they cannot ask about a student’s legal status. They site Proposition 187 and Plyler vs Doe, Id. However, these are both applicable only in the case of denial of services. Within the 33 school districts in San Bernardino County are 14,000 classrooms, each with 20 or more non-English speaking students. 73 2005-2006 San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report The Grand Jury recognizes that until the Federal and State governments make changes in the laws, the County will have to continue to provide these services, and the taxpayers will have to continue to pay. However, if all states, counties, and local governments start tracking and publicizing the costs to provide these services to illegal immigrants, the Federal and State governments will be confronted with the facts and actual dollar costs, they may finally take action to solve this issue.

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