Speaker. it is an invitation to racial discrimination. The bill also creates unbearable burdens for our State and local governments. unbearable for if the Federal Government is not willing to bear the cost of this bill. how do we except the State and local governments to do this? The proponents of the bill have once again lost sight of the fact that immigration is a Federal responsibility. while State and local governments have no responsibility to control the costs resulting from this legislation. the proponents of the bill have not hesitated to shift the costs to them. And to make matters worse. the bill mandates that Federal costs for SSI and Medicaid are to be deducted right off the top of the reimbursement in the bill. So out of the possible $1 billion per year supposedly targeted for the cost of the bill to State and local governments. the Federal Government will eat up at least $250 million per year.
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