Chairman. in closing. I would like to state that the state of taxes. whether they are State or Federal taxes. are still borne by the public and they will pay. In response to legal immigrants not costing any more. let me state from a University of California study by Professors George Borjas and Steven Trejo. Their data from the 1970 and 1980 censuses found in 1970. 5.9 percent of Immigrant households received welfare payments compared to 6.1 percent of native households. In 1980. 8.8 percunt of immigrant households were on welfare and 7.9 percent of native households. showing an immigrant welfare dependency on the rise. I believe. Mr. Chairman. that we have to be honest with the people of this country. If we are going to be passing immigration legislation. it certainly is necessary to make sure that if we tell them they have to pay the bills. to bear the burden of the costs. then we should provide the funds for them to bear that burden. So I ask my colleagues to support this amendment that will assist State and local governments in their attempts to meet the educational and medical needs of legal immigrants covered in H.R. 4300.
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