Mr. President. today I am offering an amendment to the Housepassed version of the reauthorization of the Refugee Act of 1980. H.R. 5879. The Refugee Act of 1980 is the legislation authorizing a range of benefits provided to refugees who are allowed to settle in this country. It must be reauthorized this year. The House has already finished consideration of its reauthorization bill. and the Senate is expected to finish prior to our adjournment in October. My amendment is designed to redress serious shortcomings in current law. Currently. our State and local governments cannot depend on reimbursement for their tremendous expensesshould they again be surprised by a massive influx of undocumented aliens. In 1980. Florida was inundated with 125.000 Cubans over a period of only 6 months.
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