That language is a little difficult to understand. What is intended to be prohibited in terms of education? I assume clearly it means the kind of program the Senator from California referred to which is popularly known as SLIAG which was an enactment In the 1986 Immigration Reform Act. SLIAG provides Federal assistance to States to facilitate the transition of their previously illegal alien population Into an ability to become selfsufficient. A major part of that is funding for various vocational programs. language programs. and other of those skills that are necessary for a person to become an independent resident within the United States. I assume. by this restriction of educational benefits to just children in primary and secondary schools. that kind of assistance to adults would no longer be allowed. the consequence being. if you think that the program when passed by Congress in 1986 had any rationale. which was to facilitate that transition. we are now saying either that we were wrong in 1986 or that we do not care whether these people have the ability to become as expeditiously and fully as possible independent and selfsupporting.
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