This is not fair. Although we are doing more to control the border we are not doing enough and we are continuing to have to deal with this issue. So. what I simply do in this amendment is ask that not later than 3 months after the date of enactment. the Advisory Commission shall develop a plan for reimbursing States. local and tribal governments for the costs associated with providing services to illegal immigrants based on the best available cost and revenue estimates. Let me underscore that. Illegal immigrants do pay taxes In many cases and those are revenues. But the GAO report that I asked for shows us very clearly there Is a very large net cost to my State of California of approximately $1.4 billion. So we asked this Advisory Commission to look at the costs to educate. incarcerate. and to provide medical care for these illegal immigrants. And then we say that the Advisory Commission come in with a plan for reimbursement. and that the appropriate Federal agencies shall be authorized to expend such sums that are necessary to fulfill the plan for reImbursement described in this section. So it is not Just talk.
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