H.R. 8121. there is an allocation for such a study. General Chapman. Director of the INS. testified before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations that the study of the illegal alien population is one of the INSs most critical needs. I concur wholeheartedly with this statement. The study design appears in the text of the Subcommittee Hearings on the Department of Justice. Part 2. on page 959. The study will research the magnitude. distribution. flow. characteristics. and the impact of the illegal immigration on the United States. The information will be collected by reorganizing some of the Services methods so that their statistics will provide an accurate basis to provide projections regarding the flow of illegal immigration. types of employment the individuals obtain. impact the flow has on the market. numbers receiving welfare services. and impact on the balance of payments. It is evident by the design of the study that the INS officials have few hard facts about the scope and extent of the problem of illegal immigration. Yet. almost daily I have read and heard media accounts of General Chapman stating that there are 4 to 12 million illegal aliens. these individuals are causing the unemployment problem in our country. their children are flooding our school systems. and many are receiving welfare benefits. If General Chapman feels he must spend in excess of $1 million to define the problem. and I agree with him on this point. I also must believe that he does not presently have the facts.
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Illegal aliens are causing unemployment, flooding schools, and receiving welfare benefits.