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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in state prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
The idea faces hurdles — for one thing, commuting some sentences will require court approval. And immigration authorities warn that a mass release of inmates from California and other states could swamp the federal system, which is already at capacity.
The state’s plan would involve as many as 19,000 inmates.
