The adult education programsas well as workstudy plans at local collegeswhich enable students to complete their education by providing them with parttime jobs. help to uplift the educational level of Dade County. Despite the overall success of the program In the Miami area. one large sector of the population there has not fully shared in all the benefits of the program. These are the Cuban refugees who have entered the United States in their effort to flee the plague of Castro communism. Since 1961. almost 200.000 of them have entered the United States through Miami with almost half that number residing there at present. While we welcome these individuals. their presence has placed an extraordinary burden on the social. educational. and welfare agencies of Dade County. Mr. Chairman. I thank my esteemed friend and colleague. the gentleman from Florida . for offering the amendment cosponsored by me and my distinguished colleague. the gentleman from Florida . which permits young Cuban refugees to participate in the Job Corps and neighborhood youth program. In addition. I thank the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor. the gentleman from New York . for his assistance in allowing this amendment to come to the floor of the House of Representatives for a favorable vote.
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