There is no cut in the amount of money. There is an increase to take care of the cost of living. There is no cut with respect to the entitlement portion of refugee assistance which is allowed to grow in accordance with the budget resolution to deal with demographic changes and costofliving increases. These are discretionary programs. They could be much larger as could domestic discretionary programs to respond to the needs of our poorest citizens who are not refugees. Let us not be misled. poor people of this country are located disproportionately in urban America for reasons that relate to Federal policies as much as refugees are in different parts of this country as a result of Federal policies. It is not just refugees whose burden falls disproportionately around the country. We are facing here a situation in which we have to make a tough choice about whether discretionary programs will increase. The June 1. 1.985 discretionary programs will increase under this amendment. They will increase by the cost of living. That is the same kind of treatment we are going to give discretionary pro. grams for lowincome Americans of other kinds that are not refugees. In that regard there is an equity to this amendment in that it is not an attack upon a particular group.
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