The formula. titled against growth States. is flawed if not rigged. Highgrowth States like Florida would be set up to fail. Third. how would the reform proposal treat legal immigrants and what effect would the immigrant provisions have on States with large immigrant populations? The city of Miami had more legal immigrants admitted last year than 20 States combined. Thus. the prohibitions and timetable on certain benefits would shift to Miami costs that once were shared by the Federal Government. The State of Florida does not set Americas foreign policy. nor its immigration policy. The State of Florida did not negotiate with Cuba to accept 20.000 legal immigrants per year. But the State is now being told the following: we are going to stick you with hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for legal and illegal immigration. even though you have no control over these foreign policy decisions that affect immigration. Today. I join the President in his commitment to pass welfare legislation.
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