As I said. many of the HIVinfected Haitians are already here. The rest will follow. Once here. they will receive medical benefits and a host of other refugee program services. I know that Florida cannot afford to bear the financial burden of these HIVinfected refugees. Florida has already taken a large number of the Haitian immigrants. Specifically. between 82 and 93 percent of the 10.000 plus Guantanamo Haitians brought to the United States have remained or returned to Florida. This imposes huge costs on our State. We have also just survived Hurricane Andrew and are attempting to rebuild those communities in south Florida. We simply cannot afford these highrisk immigrants. Madam Speaker. I urge my colleagues and fellow Americans to let President Clinton know that it is his chief responsibility to enforce the laws of our country.
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