July 2005

Dear Editor,

I have a real concern in our state about the fact that "caseloads" keep going up in several areas of our state government that cost all of the taxpayers. I am referring to the caseloads going up in Medicaid, human services, youth correctional facilities, and in our state prisons.

We have approximately 20,400 adults in our state prisons at a cost of $26,500 each per year. Of this, we have over 1,600 illegal aliens. To get a ticket to prison, the average adult has nine felonies that are usually plea-bargained down to keep our court costs lower. Plus, there is the large costs of public defenders. I am very concerned about the number of victims left behind directly and indirectly from those that commit crimes.

Our federal government must do a better job of protecting our southern border from illegal aliens. According to Time Magazine, we have over 3,000,000 illegal aliens coming across our southern border per year. This is costing our country a very large sum of money in our hospitals, jails, and schools. In fact, many hospitals in southern California are closing down due to the massive amount of illegal aliens using the emergency rooms of the hospitals.

I am studying legislation that I can introduce during our 2006 session that will help the state of Colorado concerning illegal aliens. I encourage you to call, write, fax or email other elected officials to activate solutions to this very real problem. Please feel free to contact me at 970 667 5227 or email me at jim@jimwelker.com.



Best regards,
Rep. Jim Welker

2641 N Taft Ave
Loveland

970 231 4716
Rep. Jim Welker
jim@jimwelker.com