Although they were. like the Congressional Budget Office. limited in the time available to complete this analysis. the National Conference of State Legislatures developed a very conservative cost estimate for just 10 of the affected programs. This study did not include Medicaid and 40 other Federal meanstested programs. What did the National Conference of State Legislatures find? First. after contacting more than 10 States. States of varying size. they concluded that "regardless of the size of the immigrant population. all States and localities will have to implement these unfunded mandates." In other words. the bill impacts a city in Iowa or Delaware just as it might in Los Angeles. CA. or Miami. FL.
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