United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-05 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-40 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-40 P0b002ee18038a092 f:d0240 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-40 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-40 GAO-02-40 Cost control Education or training Employment Foreign governments Health care services Immigration or emigration International agreements Compact of Free Association English as a Second Language Program Guam Hawaii Marshall Islands Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Palau Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Other Written Product A02123 Migration from Freely Associated States (FAS), collectively, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Palau, has clearly had a significant impact on Guam, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Compact of Free Association migrants have required local expenditures in health and education, and have particularly affected the budgetary resources of Guam and the CNMI. The budgetary impact on Hawaii is relatively smaller but is expected to grow as Hawaii absorbs health care costs once covered by the U.S. federal government. Public health is an important concern for all three U.S. island areas. The Compact allows FAS migrants who have limited financial means to enter the United States with few restrictions and U.S. island areas are absorbing much of the health care costs of this population. Furthermore, Guam, Hawaii, and the CNMI can be expected to continue to experience Compact impact as long as current poor economic conditions persist in the RMI and the FSM. Targeting future U.S. assistance to the FSM and the RMI for education and health purposes could reduce some of the motivation to migrate and improvements in migrant health and education status might be expected to reduce migrant impact on U.S. destinations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-40/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-40.htm GAO-02-40 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-40 Other Written Product GAO-02-40; Foreign Relations: Migration From Micronesian Nations Has Had Significant Impact on Guam, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Cost control Education or training Employment Foreign governments Health care services Immigration or emigration International agreements Compact of Free Association English as a Second Language Program Guam Hawaii Marshall Islands Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Palau Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Public Law 82-414 Public Law 104-193 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 106-504