It does not have the capability to quarantine large numbers of people with infectious diseases. In fact. Krome does not have the capability to serve as a processing cinter for a large number of people and still remain viable in the event of a much larger immigration emergency than the one we are facing today. Justice Department officials confirmed to me their intention Is to fill Krome to 33 percent beyond its capacity during this operation. That estimate is probably low.. I believe that we are shooting ourselves In the foot by rendering ourselves incapable to respond to a larger orseparate refugee influx. More importantly. filling Krome to emergency levels is further evidence that this current crisis is an immigration emergency. There is a $35 million fund available for emergencies like this. and I call upon the President and the Attorney General yet again to release this money to help pay the tremendous costs of this emergency. While the Department of Justice has now stated that there would be full medical screenings provided once these persons are brought to Krome. therb will still be the threat to the community of a release of these persons after they have completed their screenings or the threat to the community of an overcrowded. tense. and potentially explosive situation inside the Krome Detention Center itself. Here is an example of another type of cost which should be covered by the immigration emergency fund. On February 5 and again on February 10. the Justice Department took an action which symbolizes the point I have been making about Federal immigration policy for the last 11 years. that the Federal Government outright refuses to live up to the financial responsibility that it alone has the power to set. In these two instances. Mr.
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