Madam President. our amendment is essentially the same amendment that I offered. and that the Senate passed by vote of 55 to 40. the last time we considered Immigration reform. Our amendment reimburses the States for the cost of incarcerating the 5.000 or more Illegal aliens and Marielito criminals. convicted of felonies and now in State prison. It offers us the opportunity to provide desperately needed assistance to our seriously overcrowded State prisons. More than that. It recognizes that these alien felons are a Federal. not a State. responsibility. If we had a truly effective immigration policy. these individuals would never have been let into the country in the first place. If the Immigration Service had enough detention space. the States could parole such individuals to the INS pending deportation. But we have no effective control of our borders. and INS detention centers are filled to bursting. While I appreciate Senator SIMPSONS commendable and good faith efforts to address this problem.
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