Colorado taxpayers paid more than $522 million to imprison convicted illegal immigrants over the past 20 years, according an analysis of a federal program reimbursing 4 percent of such costs. In 2015, illegal immigrant inmates made up 7.8 percent of the prison population and cost taxpayers $59.7 million. One crime victim says: “Send him back right away. Why should I feed the guy for six years?”

From CBS4 Denver:

– The City of Denver listed 828 names on its 2016 [State Criminal Alien Assistance Program] report, or 7.6% of its jail population, costing taxpayers $3.9 million.

– Adams County listed 490 names, or 13.3% of its jail population, costing taxpayers $5.3 (after calculating the cost of incarceration at a higher rate).

– Weld County listed 311 names, or 8.8% of its jail population, costing taxpayers $2 million.

– Arapahoe County listed 223 names, or 4.5% of its jail population, costing taxpayers $1.4 million.

– Jefferson County listed 100 names, or 3.1% of its jail population, costing taxpayers $1 million.