The conference report before us today slashes critical fiscal year 1990 SLIAG funding by over $555 million. and I oppose that. I can assure my colleagues that this action has spread fear among Californias State. county. and municipal leaders because it signals yet another departure from the FederalStatelocal partnership. As I and others have repeated here on the Senate floor. immigration is a Federal responsibility. That responsibility. Mr. President. is not met by efforts to shift the financial responsibility for immigration to local governments as these cuts would do. On the other hand. this conference report does contain appropriations language to restore $555 million in fiscal year 1992. But the problem with that approach.
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