From the Committees recommended cut of $241 million. the county of Los Angeles would be forced to absorb enormous losses while providing services mandated by law. Los Angeles County has a legalized alien population of 730.000. which equals onetwelfth of the countys total population. The county estimates that its unreimbursed cost of health services will exceed $100 million in fiscal year 1990 without SLIAG funding. Mr. President. I commend my colleague from Florida and most emphatically urge the adoption of his amendment. It will allow the Federal Government to keep faith with local governments and to honor the obligations assumed by the Federal Government. when Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
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