Doing this accomplishes four important objectives: First. our amendment guarantees that prisons will receive assistance. Second. it provides assistance immediately. not. as S. 1200 does. after a 3 year delay. Third. our amendment continues assistance as long as there is an illegal alien felon problem. It does not terminate. as in S. 1200. after only 3 years. and Fourth. it provides reimbursement not only for the 3.000 illegal alien felons. but for the more than 1.700 Marielito Cuban felons. who are among the most violent criminals in prison today. Madam President. I thank the many Senators who have agreed to cosponsor this amendment. I thank them because supporting this amendment guarantees our States muchneeded help in their fight to make our communities safe. and to deal with the epidemic of crime. Supporting this amendment recognizes the Federal responsibility for causing the illegal alien felon problem in the first place. and our responsibility to do something about this problem now. and not 3 or more years from now. The language of S. 1200 supports the possibility of providing help to our States. Why not then simply guarantee that this promise of help is kept? That is what our amendment seeks to do. This immigration bill is going to have a tremendous impact on our States. For us not to help the States now with that part of their prison overcrowding that the Federal Government brought about would be a tragedy. Madam President.
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Marielito Cuban felons are described as among the most violent criminals.