What if we threw out all the illegal immigrants?

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<p>Do you know what percentage of the federal prison population is illegals?</p>

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<p>Specifying federal prison would overstate the percentage, since immigration violations and international drug smuggling are federal. State prisons house a much larger number of prisoners, where the illegal immigrant percentage is much lower than for federal prison.</p>

<p>In 2000-2005, the percentage of non-US-citizens (including both legal and illegal immigrants) was:</p>

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<li>Federal prisons: 27% (2000), 20% (2005)</li>
<li>State prisons: 4.6%</li>
<li>All prisons: 6.8% (2000), 6.4% (2005)</li>
<li>US population: 6.9% (2003)</li>
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<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/business/30leonside.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/business/30leonside.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>13 percent of California’s total inmate population of 162,821 are illegals.</p>

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<p>Details on federal prisons.</p>

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