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Home My WebLink AboutR-88-0059J-88-98 1/14/88 RESOLUTION NO. 48-59 A RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE NO REDUCTION IN FUNDING FOR THE CONTINUATION OF INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WHICH OFFER SERVICES TO REFUGEES IN THE CITY OF MIAMI; FURTHER URGING THAT THERE BE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMANDS RESULTING FROM THE ANTICIPATED GREATER INFLUX OF REFUGEES FROM CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI AND NICARAGUA; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE HEREIN DESIGNATED OFFICIALS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The federal government is hereby urged to make no reduction in funding for the continuation of international refugee assistance programs which offer services to refugees in the City of Miami. Section 2. It is also hereby urged that there be an increase in funding to meet the increased demands resulting from the anticipated greater influx of refugees from Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua. Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to President Ronald Reagan; Vice - President George Bush; U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Senator Robert Byrd; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative James Wright; Senator Lawton Chiles, Senator Bob Graham, Representative Dante Fasceil, Representative William Lehman and Representative Claude Pepper. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of January 1988. XAVIER L. S EZ, MAYOR XET ICITY COMMISSION CITY CLERK MEETING OF JA N 144 1988 RESOLUTION No. S8-59 11� PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: 4,fwx-.r • ROBERT F. CLARK CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED= A$_.TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: Ili A. DOUG TY ATTORNEY RFC:bss:N609 -2- CITY OF MIANI(. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM HONORABLE MEMBERS nA7f March 31, 1989 OF HE CITY COMMISSION Suh E: T Response to City of Miami Resolution 88-59 MATTY HIRAI REFEREE+GES City Clerk ENCLOSURES Attached hereto please find a copy of a letter from Senator Bob Graham in answer to the City Commission Resolution 88-59, passed and adopted on January 14, 1988, which the City Clerk was instructed to forward. This information is being forwarded to you merely for informational purposes. MH:vg Enc. a/s 09 oR ANAN COMMITTEES: BANKING, MOUSING, AND • URBAN AFFAIRS _ ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ?�tfe�Q71itt� - VETERANS AFFAIRS r SPECIAL COMMITTEE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20310 014 AGING March 3, 1989 Matty Hirai City Clerk Post Office Box 330708 Miami, Florida 33233 Dear Matty: We share the view that the federal government should shoulder fair financial responsibility for federal immigration policy. I held this view as Governor of Florida, and continue to fight for fairness in Washington. Knowing of the current challenges created by the influx of Central Americans seeking asylum, I have introduced legislation designed to ease the financial burden on South Florida. Senator Connie Mack is co -sponsoring this legislation, along with Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas. Congressman Larry Smith has introduced companion legislation in the House. Our bill would allow the U.S. Attorney General to release up to $20 million without declaring an immigration emergency: Distribution of funds to local communities would be triggered when an immigration district experienced significant increases (1,000 more than the previous quarter) in asylum applications. Disbursements would be managed by the Attorney General. A copy of my statement of this legislation has been enclosed, and I will continue to keep you informed. With kind regards, Sincerely, United States Senator BG/rer Enclosure �91- SiT 4 0 ALAL (E ff ressional Recor United States o/ America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 101 St CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION 11,0113) WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUAftY 239 1999 Na 17 Senate S. 441. A bill to amend the Immigra- tion and Nationality Act to make availaioie funds to reimburse localities which are impacted by substantial In- creases in aliens applying for political asylum; to the Committee on the Judi- ciary. RZUUVRSMNT OF MTAIN LOCAUTUX FOR COSTS OF POLITICAL RRFOGUS Mr. GRAIUM. Mr. President. many of the fastest -growing communities in our Nation have an unanticipated grovrth factor which is severely strain- ing financial resources and social serv- ices and at times --the very fabric of those communities. That growth is the arrival of thou- sands of refugees, undocumented aliens. asylum applicants —by what- ever name, people from other coun- tries who arrive in Miami or Browns- ville or Los Angeles with nothing but their hopes and their needs. Those people are not statistics --but they create some aliuming ones for the local governments which must absorb the cost of caring for them. It is an unfair burden --Federal immigra- tion policy and enforcement. Federal Judicial decisions, all impact a few communities without the backing of Federal resources. The bill I am introducing today co- sponsored by Senator Con= Mscis will amend section 404 of the Immigra- tion Act to allow the U.S. Attorney General to release up to $20 million from the Immigration Emergency Fund to communities impacted by the recent influx of asylum seekers, many of those frnm Central America. It does not require a declaration of emergency --the discretion to reim- burse would be triggered by a signifi- cant bterease in arrivals --an increase of 1,000 asylum applications experi- enced in an Immigration and Natural- ization Service district during a calen- dar quarter over the previous quarter. This is realistic and human legisla- tion. Influxes of asylum seekers are a reality of the 1980's. We cannot pre- tend they don't exist and we cannot shift the entire burden of caring for them to local communities. Just how severely these arrivals impact an area can be seen in the ex- ample of a single Nicaraguan funily. We will call them the Cardozas: Manuel, Juana, who is expecting a child, 8-yeas-old Oscar, and 4-year-old Bland. The Cardozas arrive in Miami during 1988. In that year, Dade County, which includes the city of Miarri, ex- pended over $14 million in services to Nicaraguans. That figure does not in- clude most costs to the city of Miami nor does it include the $104 million in new school facilities the county must now build. It does include use of the existing school system, hospital services, emer- gency housing in a baseball stadium, and social and community college serv- ices. We can see the scope of the Impact more clearly when we relate it to a single Nicaragaan family. Upon arrival in Miami the Cardozas are temporarily housed in Bobby Maduro Baseball Stadium. Their stay costs about $232 per person. Then gs-s-q r eolk C, tbey find licusing through a local church gro-up at a cost of $400 a month. Pro bono legal counsel to wssist them in filling out an asylum ap- ulico.tion is worth $300. Oscar is enrolled in public school at a cost to the State and county school board of $3,930 a year. His sister, Blanca, will be in day care after Juana has her baby and that cost is picked up by volunteer groups or families. Manuel goes to English language and vocational skills training at. Miami Dade Community College on a $420 scholarship --but he has no legal work permit —so he looks for illegal work at very low pay. The family is now living on charity. Medical and educational services are still provided for them. Juana gives birth to a son at Jackson Memorial Hospital. If it is a normal birth, the cost to the hospital is $2,500. If there are complications, if the baby requires neonatal care —the cost is between $10,000 and $15,000. The Cardozas are not a family of ex- traorduiury reeds but the cost of sup- plying their most basic needs fast be- comes astronomical. These costs do not take into account untold charita- ble donations. police and municipal services which must now be stretched to encompass thousand n of new people, or the tensions the community experiences. Our old definition -of an emergency doesn't quite fit the CardozRs and the thousands of families like thorn. But they are an urgent problem all the same. That is ashy it mrtkes sense, to empower the Attorney General to des- ignate funds —at his discret:on--to those areas absorbing large numbcrs of asylum seekers. This is a short term strategy to deal with a present crisis. The next step will be to appropriate the money au- thorized for the immigration emergen- cy fund which has not yet been funded. We cannot, in good conscience, turn our backs on the communities which are bearing the brunt of. these in- fluxes. The issues at stake in Fsylum applications are complex ones, but the simple fact of feeding and clothing and caring for people who arrive on our doorstep without warning and without resources is an inescapable re- ality. Immigration control is a Federal re- sponsibility. Clearly, any costs to local communities resulting from refugee arrivals stimulated by foreign policy decisions or a failure to control U.S. borders should be borne by the Feder- al Government. Our support of this bill will send an unrr�istakable signal to local govern- ments that the Federal Government is prepared to act responsibly and fairly in dealing with the special problems arising from influxes of refugees and asylum seekers. .% 11% 0% CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO HONORABLE MEMBERS DATE March 24, 1988 Pit E OF THE CITY COMMISSION suejEc'T Responses to recent City of Miami Resolutions FROM MATTY HIRAI REFERENCES City Clerk ENCLOSURES Attached hereto please find copies of letters from Congressmen William Lehman and Walter B. Jones in answer to two recently passed City Commission resolutions which the City Clerk was instructed to forward. These letters are sent to you for your information and files. MH:vg Enc: a/s W WAM UNMAN 17TM 015"Cr. hoOIoA COWIMES APPROPRIATIONS VIA &% SMOMUInEE OM TMANSrORTAT10M SUSCOMWTV11 ON FMEIGM OPERATION SUNCOMWMt 040 0167RCT OF COIUMSIA wet COMWrM ON C"%DIMN. r01RM, AND FAW U con ffreea of the aniteb Matto Wsouge of Repregentatibts MOIngton, N.C. 20515 March 110 1988 Ms. Natty Hirai City Clerk Office of the City Clerk City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Post Office Box 330708 Miami, Florida 33233-0708 Dear Ms. Hirai: WASMIMOTOM OFFICE 2357 RArsueM HOUSE OFFICE 6UILDI140 WAsNIMmr m. b C. 20S 16 (202)225-4211 DISTMICT OFFICES O 2020 N E 16300 S"I r NOATN MIAMI EIEACN, FIOMIDA 33162 1305► 645-7516 (3 $11$ NW 7TM AvEMUE MUNI, FLOIIIOA 33127 13051759-6377 r -c-) 7: N rZ Thank you for forwarding copies of Resolutions 88-59 and 88-112 concerning international refugee funding and the Coast Guard. Please be assured that we will be searching for ways to increse funding to these areas. It will be very difficult, however, since the deficit reduction agreement has placed cost cutting emphasis on discretionary domestic issues such as refugee assistance and the Coast Guard. With best wishes, I am Sincerely, C I, J WILLIAM LEHMAN Member of Congress WL/jaz 4 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHiNGTON February 12, 1988 . ^ I 1 P l Dear Ms. Hirai: .i On behalf of the President, I would like to thank you for your recent correspondence regarding funding for international refugee assistance programs. A copy of your letter has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at the Department of Health and human Services for their benefit and consideration. I sincerely appreciate your sharing your views with the Administration. Sincerely, �W� 1�14 Cristena L. Bach Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs Ms. Matty Hirai City Clerk Post Office Box 330708 Miami, Florida 33233-0708 -g,9- ig,9 ONE HLMDREDTH CON PETER W RODINO JR NEW JERSEY CHAIRMAN JACK BROOKS. TEXAS HAMILTON FISH, JR. NEW YORK ROBERT W KASTENMEIER, WISCONSIN CARLOS J DON CALIFORNIA I AWN CONYERS. JR. MICHIG AN 1 RNtA ROMANO l MAUGLt. KENTUCKY WILLIAM J HUGHES, NEW JERSEY F JAMES SENSENBRENNER.,JR IrSIDBSIN BILL U►IttRIOG't:t �4/' MIKE SYNAR, OKLAHOMA i ,,,n;��-;ETT)fLT�``�' R l0 PATRICIA SCHROEDER.COLORADO L sEOHG GEkAS.PfNNSrIVANUI DAN GLICKMAN, KANSAS MICHAEL D[WINE. OYIO1, t BARNEY FRANK. MASSACHUSMS W LLi" t.D WINE YAt„tAbIFOANtA GEO W CROCKE". JR.. MICHIGAN PATRI(.it W 11IND GWROIA CHARLES E SCHUMER. NEW YORK BRUCE A MORRISON CONNECTICUT HOWARD fE'�1 1 CJ�IdlT1�l1 0 FRENCH OeA 1LTE� �R, VIR`'fT••^l'A L EDWARD i FEIGHAN OHIO lAN1AR$N�1F1'Tk%7�ja. ` LAWRENCE J SMITH FLORIDA HOWAND l BERMAN CALIFORNIA RICK BOUCHER, VIRGINIA HARLEY O STAGGERS. JR WEST VIRGINIA JOHN BRYANT TEXAS BENJAMIN L CARDIN.MARYLAND Ms. Matty Hirai, City Clerk City of Miami Office of the City Clerk City Hall 350 Pan American Drive Post Office Box 330708 Miami, Florida 33233-0708 Dear Ms. Hirai: 10.6p. *ounce of Repregentatibes commitur on tbt lubwarp UsobingtonF IDQ 20515-6216 Tdobone: 202-225-3051 February 10, 1988 GENERAL COUNSEL M ELANE MIELKf STAFF Dt11ECTOR ARTHUR P ENDRES JR ASSOCIATE COUNSEL ALAN F COFFEY JR This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 27, 1988 to the Honorable Jim Wright. I appreciate your forwarding a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, relative to the international refugee assistance program. The City of Miami's interest in this matter is greatly appreciated. With kind regards, si erely PETER W. RODINO, JR. Chairman PWR/aww DANTE B. FASCELL �"'� �"'\ CHARLES R O'REGAN 197N DlMicT. FtD11IDA ADMINISTRATNt ASSISTANT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ARMS CONTROL, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL MEMBER donor% . nited *tates Aft 20511 t_A ^IjPleb�arry '. ;, 1988 Mr. Matty Hirai City Clerk 3500 Pan American Drive P.O. Box 330708 Miami, FL 33233-0708 Dear Mr. Hirai: COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE MEMBER NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN HOUSE DELEGATION CANADA—UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP MEMBER. U S DELEGATION Thank you for providing me with a copy of Resolution 88-59, concerning federal assistance to refugees resident in Miami. I am acutely sensitive to the impact a major influx of immigrants can have on our South Florida resources. Since the first wave of foreign immigration into Florida began in the early 1960s, I have repeatedly fought illegal immigration and fought for federal refugee assistance. The current fiscal deficit and budget crisis have cut into federal assistance programs across the board and made new funding extremely difficult as all programs share the painful, but necessary, task of putting our fiscal house in order. While funding levels of most federal refugee assistance programs have gone down, the Congress recently appropriated $34,466,000 for the federal targeted assistance program, which helps compensate communities for the continuing costs of the 1980 Haitian and Cuban "entrants", despite the opposition of the Reagan Administration. The appropriation includes $10,531,000 for Dade County Schools and Jackson Memorial Hospital. Obtaining this level of assistance next fiscal year will be another uphill fight. Administration officials have already expressed opposition to federal programs to compensate for the impact on local and state government of the new Cuban immigrants, since they fall under normal immigration quotas and laws. Although the President's FY 89 budget has not yet been released, it is expected to call for a major reduction in spending for federal refugee programs, as well as for elimination of the targeted assistance program. The authorization legislation for federal refugee programs expires this year. The House Judiciary Committee is expected to consider a reauthorization bill sometime this spring. You can be certain that as Congress considers this legislation and FY 89 appropriations, I will continue to fight for federal refugee assistance to our state and local governments. Again, thanks for sharing the Commission resolution with me. incerel4BMt6<1q%II1ft Member of Congress DBF/JS 9 -5cl --- - .its -f 4 nialni tY Of� MATTY HIRAI City Clerk • a O T '�ro f10�0. January 27, 1988 The Honorable Ronald Reagan President of the United States of America The White House Washington, D.C. RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Mr. President: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, Aattyirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. ODIO City Manager C OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/35M Pan American Drive/P.O.Box 330700/Miami, Florida 33233.0706/(305) 579-MS i eN �jtLj of � *ajn* .10 y MATTY HIRAI W City Clerk January 27, 1988 The Honorable George Bush Vice President of the United States of America The White House Washington, D.C. RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Mr. Vice President: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, i Matty Hirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. ODIO City Mandger 'go 15,9 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/35M Pan American Drive/P.O.Boz 330708/Miami, Florida 33233.0708/13051579-6065 C it:U .rf J t z1ni 10 MATTY HIRAI W City Clerk �sl \�f F_ January 27, 1988 The Honorable Robert C. Byrd U.S. Senate Majority Leader Hart Senate Office Building Room SH 311 Washington, D.C. 20510 RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Senator Byrd: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, atty Hirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. ODIO City Manager eIN e%k ro1 ON �.ftla jjrf �iffialni MATTV HIRAI City Clerk January 27, 1988 The Honorable James Wright Speaker of the House of Representatives Longworth House Office Building Room 1236 Washington, DC 20515 RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Mr. Speaker: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, PattyHirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. ODIO City Mandger 88'Sq OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/3500 Pan American Drive/P.O.Box 330705/Miami, Florida 33233-0706/I305I S79-6065 10 N 000*� /"'\ '"\ Cr,i#:U of �40tiaini ZY Of� MATTY HIRAI City Clerk =1 c January 27, 1988 The Honorable Bob Graham U.S. Senator 313 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20515 RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Senator Graham: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, Matty Hirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. ODIO City ManAger qC - Set OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/3500 Pan American Drive/P.O.Box 330708/Miami, Florida 33233-0708/(305) 579-6065 A'1 /'\ /'°h /'1 �tf�t iTf ;4H,tM1tTt MATTY HIRAI City Clerk January 27, 1988 The Honorable Lawton Chiles U.S. Senator Federal Building, Room 931 51 S.W. lst Avenue Miami, Florida 33130 RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Senator Chiles: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, Oatty Hirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. ODIO City Manager ? 91 - .5-q OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/3500 Pan American Drive/P.O.Box 330708/Miami, Florida 33233-0708/(305) 579.6065 r1 T�I ttla of MATTY HIRAI City Clerk January 27, 1988 The Honorable Dante Fascell U.S. Representative 7855 S.W. 104th Street, Suite 220 Miami, Florida 33156 RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Congressman Fascell: CE5AR H. ODIO City Manager Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, ffattvyirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s 88—se OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/3500 Pan American Drive/P.O.Box 33070e/Miami, Florida 33233-0706/(305) 579.5065 jorf lnttint 10 MATTY HIRAI City Clerk s ��c0 fIQ�O, January 27, 1988 The Honorable William Lehman U.S. Representative 2020 N.E. 163rd Street, Suite 107 North Miami Beach, Florida 33162 RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Congressman Lehman: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, atty Hirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. ODIO City ManAger ee_.4�gr OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/3500 Pan American Drive/P.O.Box 330706/Miami, Florida 33233.0708/(305) 579-6065 Cri#j! of �+TTi�zini 10 MATTY HIRAI City Clerk _ \��ECO FLOp�O January 27, 1988 The Honorable Claude Pepper U.S. Representative 904 Federal Building 51 S.W. 1st Avenue Miami, Florida 33130 RE: FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Dear Congressman Pepper: Enclosed herein, please find a copy of Resolution No. 88-59, passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting held on January 14, 1988, which is self-explanatory. On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, Matty Hirai City Clerk MH:vg Enc: a/s CESAR H. City M .. ',g`r-- OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK/City Hall/3500 Pan American Drive/P.O.Boz 330705/Miami, Florida 33233-0708/(305) 579-6065