Mr. Chairman. my amendment would extend the annual appropriation for another 3 years because the family fairness aliens will almost certainly be demanding the services of our State and local governments in those same years. There is a very simple policy here. Mr. Chairman. If we give immigration benefits to aliens. we have to pay for the State and local financial consequences. Congress recognized in 1986 that legalized aliens would cost the State and local governments money. SLIAG was created to offset those costs. Mr. Chairman. we are giving benefits now to uncounted thousands of spouses and children of the aliens who received amnesty in 1986. so we should pay for them as well. and SLIAG is the appropriate vehicle.
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