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Illegal Immigrants in US-Mexico Border Counties The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Illegal Immigrants in U.S.-Mexico Border Counties: Costs of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice and Emergency Medical Services Author(s): Tanis J. Salant D.P.A ; Alexis L. Hover ; Colleen Hench ; Christine Brenner Ph.D. ; Nadia Rubaii- Barrett Ph.D. ; John R. Weeks Ph.D. Document No.: 201492 Date Received: 08/26/2003 Award Number: 2000-IJ-CX-0020 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federally- funded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN U.S.-MEXICO BORDER COUNTIES: I COSTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE I and EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE,S PROPERTY OF National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 -- , a January 2001 This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. This project was supported by Grant Number 2OWIJ-CX-0020awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.Department of Justice. Points of View in this document e are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official posidon or policies of the US. Department of Justice. Further, this document has not undergone the National Institute of Justice review process and should not be considered find in its current version. 0 2001 Institute for Local Government School of Public Administmion and Poky EUer College of Business and Public Administration The U'vefiity of Arizona P.O.Box 210108, Room 405 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0108 !ii&fNSTlTOtE FOR www.bpa.arizona.edu/spap/ilg5201421-2045 ii This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. ' U.S.-Mexico Border Counties Research Team The University of Arizona Tanis J. Salant, D.P.h, Principal Investigator Institute for Local Government Alexis L. Hover, Production Institute for Local Government an Colleen Hench, Design Biomedical Communications The University of Texas at El Paso bmChristine Brenner, Ph.D., Inwestigator 0 Department of Political Science New Mexico State University 'jbtine 8 DepartmentofGovemment San Diego State University Snn Diego Sm UrciueMy John R Weeks, Ph.D., Investigator Department of Geography iii This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our thanks and appreciation go first to the United States/Mexico Border Counties Coalition for providing us with this enormous opportunity for learning about border county issues and experiencing fithand the impact of illegal immigration that border counties grapple with day after day. Second, we wish to acknowledge the had work of the eight U.S. senators who represent the boder states: Senator Gramm and Senator Hutchinson, Texas; Senator Domenici and Senator Bingaman, New Mexico; Senator McCain and Senator Kyl, Arizona; and Senator Feinstein'and Senator Boxer, California. ' Special thanks is due to Senator Kyi for the leadership role he has played throughout. I, I We are honored to have met and spent time with numerous county officials, both elected and appointed, who govern the counties that stretch along the US.-Mexico border from Cameron 1 County, Texas in the east to San Diego County, California in the west. They carved time out of their busy schedules to meet with us, sometimes on several occasions, to educate us about their functions and to explore with us how the presence of criminal undocumented persons has impacted their depamnts and the emergency medical responses required for persons without legal U.S. residency status. We are humbled by thek dedication and had work in the face of,Te&bly insufficient resources. We would like to thank our respective institutions for providing crucial support and encouragement: The University of Texas at El Paso, especially for the administrative and research support from the Public Policy Research Center, especially Dennis Soden, Ph.D., and two graduate MPA students, Erica Sullivan and Ti Mayagoitia; New Mexico State University, especiallythe Department of Government; The University of Arizona, especially the School of Public Administration and Policy, and Alexis L. Hover, Institute for Local Government and Colleen Hench, Biomedical Communications, Arizona Health Science Center, and San Diego State University, especially the Department of Geography and the International Population Center. We hope that this research contributes meaningfully to the ongoing debate in the U.S.Congress on the impact of illegal immigration on local communities and that it inspires fureher research on the impacts of illegal immigration on other entities not included in our study states, municipal police departments, border-area tribes, and hospitals. The Research Team January 24,2001 iv This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. I CONTENTS List of Tables and Graphs Acknowledgements Introduction: The Burden Falls on Counties, Texas’ Border Counties Cameron County Hidalgo County Stan County Zapata County Webb County Maverick County Kinney County Val Verde County Terrell County Brewster County Presidio County a Jeff Davis County / Culberson County Hudspeth County El Paso County Notes New Mexico’s Border Counties Dona Ana County Luna County Hidalgo County Notes Arizona’s Border Counties Cochise County Santa Cruz County Pima County Yuma County California’s Border Counties Imperial County San Diego County This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Notes Summary and Conclusion Appendix: Border County Impact Predictive Model \ This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS Tables Intmduc tion: The Burden Falls on Counties 1 U.S.-Mexico Border Demographics 2 US.-Mexico Border Stadstics 3 Political and Fiscal Statistics of Border Counties Texas's Border Counties T1 Texas Border County Statistics l2 Estimated Fiscal Impact i T3A Costs to Texas Border Counties by County and Department T3B Costs to Texas Border Counties by County and Department T3C Costs to Texas Border Counties by County and Department T4 Cameron County Border Statistics T5 Cameron County Costs by Department T6 Cameron county Sheriff Impact n Cameron County District Court Impact T8 Cameron County District Attorney Impact '19 Cmeron County District Clerk Impact TlO Cameron County Court at Law Impact T11 Cameron Countyclerk Impact T12 Cameron County Justice of the Peace and Constable Impact T13 Cameron County Indigent Defense Impact "14 Cameron County Emergency Medical Impact T15 Cameron County Autopsies and Burial Impact "16 Hidalgo County Border Statistics T17 Hidalgo County Costs by Department T18 Hidalgo County Sheriff Impact T19 Hidalgo County District Court Impact T20 Hidalgo County District Attorney Impact T21 Hidalgo County District Clerk Impact T22 Hidalgo County Courts at Law Impact T23 Hidalgo County Clerk Impact T24 Hidalgo county Justice of the Peace Impact T25 Hidalgo County Emergency Medical Impact "26 Hidalgo County Autopsies and Burial Impact T27 Hidalgo County Indigent Defense Impact T28 Starr County Border Statistics T29 Starr CountyCOsts by Deparunent T30 Starr County Sheriff Impact 131 Starr County District Court Impact T32 Starr County District Attorney Impact T33 Starr County District Clerk Impact T34 Starr County Court at Law Impact T35 Starr County Attorney Impact This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. 136 Starr County Clerk Impact , T37 Starr County Indigent Defense Impact T38 Starr County Adult Probation Impact T39 Stan County Juvenile Court Center Impact "40 Zapata County Border Statistics T41 Zapata County Costs by Department T42 Zapata County
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