It can have a positive domestic effect as well. Among the arguments I have heard since the CBI was first proposed were those complaining about the amount of money being spent on foreign aid while domestic programs were being cut back or that elements of the CBI which provide for a free trade zone and promote foreign investment might mean a loss of jobs at home. However. as those Members from California and other Southwestern and Southern States know. the flood of immigrants to the United States. both legal and illegal. from Latin America and the Caribbean Basin places a strain on the U.S. economy that is much greater than the programs represented by the CBI. If the Caribbean Basin Initiative is successful. it should save money and jobs for the United States. Last March. at a meeting in which the United States participated with Canada.
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