In exchange for these prerogatives. the U.S. is required to support the FAS economically. with the goal of producing selfsufficiency. and FAS citizens are allowed free entry into the United States as nonimmigrants for the purposes of education. medical treatment. and employment. Because of this ability to travel within the United States as a nonimmigrant. many FAS citizens have since migrated to the State of Hawaii. According to Governor Linda Lingle. in 2006 the State of Hawaii spent an estimated $91 million in State funds to provide health and social services to migrants from the FAS. This amount is almost double the cost of $48 million reported to the U.S. Department of the Interior by the State of Hawaii for health and social services provided to Compact migrants in 2003. which was the last year such figures were compiled. Clearly. the cost to the state is growing and will continue to grow. No State can expect its taxpayers to bear such an increasingly costly burden for an agreement that is in the interest of our entire Nation.
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