My intention was to revisit this issue in the AprilMay period after the administration had transmitted its annual report. While the CNMI study was not finally transmitted until April. the Administration did not transmit its annual report. which was due in April. until July. On May 30. 1997. the President wrote the Governor of the Northern Marianas that he was concerned over activities in the Commonwealth and had concluded that Federal immigration. naturalization. and minimum wage laws should apply. That letter provoked a flurry of statements. letters. articles. stories. and legislation. most of which generated more heat than light. It quickly became clear that unless there was some definition as to exactly what the problem was and what solution was being proposed. little would happen other than a series of bewildering and increasingly hostile statements.
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