Mr. Chairman. I take this time to bring to the attention of my colleagues a similar problem to that which the gentleman from Floridas amendment addresses and to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Illinois to the extent that we have no policy. because here the gentleman is trying to address a need of local communities which have been or are being impacted because of the incoming surge of refugees. We have a similar problem when the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service allows citizens from other countries to come legally. and my district being on the United StatesMexico border suffers a terrible impact when they come from Mexico. There are also others coming illegally. but I would not address that at this time. The fact is that the schools. the facilities of the local very small and nottoorich communities as far as taxation is concerned are impacted. and there is no program within the Government that can address this situation. There are no funds available that we can address ourselves to for assistance. I do not have any quarrel with the gentlemans intention or his amendment. All I want to do is say I could not stand here and let this amendment go by without apprizing the Members that there is a similar problem. perhaps a more arduous problem because those keep coming continuously as the immigration process continues. Somewhere down the line. hopefully. the Judiciary Committee or the Education and Labor Committee. or any of the other committees. would assist us in helping these areas that are impacted. without the problem of. the immediate rehi6ees.
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