Mr. Speaker. earlier today I introduced. with my friend and colleague Representative TOM CAMPBELL. a bill to reimburse the States for the added costs of educating the children of illegal immigrants. According to Gov. Pete Wilson. such costs to the State of California totaled over S1.5 billion in fiscal year 199495 alone. The Equity in Public Education Act of 1996 is a fair and bipartisan solution for reimbursing the disproportionate costs which States such as California incur by educating illegal alien children in public schools. Requiring States to foot the bill for the Federal Governments failure to stop illegal immigration is unfair and inequitable. Border control is a Federal responsibility. The Nations inability to adequately control our borders should not result in additional costs to States. Unfortunately. other efforts to solve the problem have centered on kicking kids out of school or forcing local school administrators to act as INS agents and determine the status of each student.
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