[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 164 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 164

 Concerning the responsibility of the Federal Government for providing 
                social services for undocumented aliens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 1993

  Ms. Schenk submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Concerning the responsibility of the Federal Government for providing 
                social services for undocumented aliens.

Whereas the Federal Government is charged with enforcing immigration law, and 
        restricting the entry of undocumented aliens into this country;
Whereas undocumented aliens who enter the United States through illegal means 
        use social services such as emergency health care, public education, and 
        the functions of the judicial system;
Whereas these social services are financed through State and local tax revenues;
Whereas, because of their undocumented status, such aliens often do not 
        contribute tax revenues to help compensate for State and local provision 
        of such services;
Whereas one study estimates that the provision of social services to 
        undocumented aliens costs San Diego County over $244,000,000 each year; 
        and
Whereas the Federal Government provides grants to States with high populations 
        of legal immigrants under the State Legalization and Impact Assistance 
        Grant program: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) immigration is a Federal matter, and that the Federal 
        Government should assume responsibility for financing the 
        provision of social services to undocumented aliens living in 
        this country; and
            (2) the Federal Government should support efforts by State 
        and local governments to assemble reliable data on the costs of 
        providing such services to undocumented aliens.

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