Sitting across the Rio Grande from Brownsville is Matamoros. which has a population of 300.000 and an economy hard hit by more than 30 percent inflation and a devalued peso. In addition. Brownsville has experienced a 4.000 increase in documented and undocumented public school enrollment over the last 2year period. This is not merely a "Texas" problem. Recent testimony presented estimates the number of undocumented alien students in Colorado at 5.000. refugees in Florida at 19.000. Employment opportunities. mobility factors. and the opportunity for free public education exist in all 50 States. As this population increases. it will continue to spread throughout the country.
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