Mr. Chairman. I had no answer. because the Federal Government has not lived up to its responsibilities in providing funds. which have been authorized and appropriated. to local communities like Dade County which have been financially burdened by the results of our Federal immigration policies. Just to cite the example of Dade County schoolsas of January 30. 1992. 26 percent of the elementary and secondary school population were born outside the United States. Haitians already form the third largest group of foreign born students. For each foreign born refugee student. Dade County incurs $588 in additional unreimbursed annual costs. The immediate cost of taking care of foreign born students is thus estimated to be $136 million. the long range cost is estimated to be $665 million. These are costs the county cannot afford and Dade taxpayers should not have to bear. From the beginning.
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