Mr. Speaker. what do you get when you combine an unfunded mandate with unrestricted immigration? You get one messed up Federal policy. Under the terms of the compacts between the United States and the former islands of the trust territory. the citizens of these newly independent countries can immigrate to the United States with absolutely no restrictions. To offset the expected costs of this immigration. the Federal Government also promised to reimburse the local governments for this impact. Guam has incurred costs of $70 million for this immigration. and Guam has received a whopping $2.5 million in reimbursement. The Interior appropriations bill for fiscal year 1996 contains nothing for compact reimbursement. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment to restore the compactimpact reimbursement of $4.58 million requested for Guam. It is time for the Federal Government to pay up. and to end this ridiculous immigration policy.
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