Gov. Rick Perry is urging the federal government to stop its plans to transport illegal immigrants from other states into Texas for the purpose of deportation.

Perry sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Saturday speaking out against the Alien Transfer and Exit Program, which was set to begin Sunday.

The program would transport more than 34,000 illegal immigrants apprehended in other states through Presidio each year.

Perry says turning the Presidio-area into a way station for the repatriation of illegal immigrants adds responsibility to local authorities and will increase the likelihood that the individuals will immediately cross back into Texas.

Perry says the Lone Star State is already bearing an uneven burden in dealing with immigration and border security issues along the Texas-Mexico border.