(AP) -- AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry has sent a letter to
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging the federal
government to stop its plans to transport illegal aliens from other
states into Texas solely for the purpose of deportation.
Perry sent the letter Saturday calling the proposed effort
"unnecessarily burdensome and costly to taxpayers." A statement
from Perry's office said the Alien Transfer and Exit Program is
scheduled to begin Sunday and would transport more than 34,000
illegal aliens per year through Presidio.
Calls and e-mails Saturday made by The Associated Press to the
secretary's office seeking comment weren't immediately returned.
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