The authority for this amendment is the amendment which was offered to the International Security and Development Assistance Act of 1980 by my South Florida colleague. DANTE FASCELL. and which was accepted by the House on June 5. My amendment is intended to reimburse State and local governments for the costs of services they must provide to asylumseeking new residents. primarily the recently arrived Cubans and Haitians who as yet have no status under the new Refugee Act. It is not intended to answer or in any way address any questions of these aliens legal status under the act. Mr. Chairman. since April 21. over 113.000 Cubans have arrived in this country. as well as substantial numbers of Haitians who are seeking asylum. We probably could have absorbed. as we have in the past. arrivals who were part of an orderly process. but this was a massive human catastrophe. Geography has dictated which communities would be affected. and the impact has been staggeringmore than some communities can bear without Federal help.
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