Immigration Emergency Fund: Memorandum for Stephen R. Colgate, Assistant Attorney General for Administration [January 26, 1996]   [open pdf - 23KB]

"The $20 million in the Immigration Emergency Fund for the reimbursement of states and localities for certain immigration-related assistance is available on an annual basis. You have asked us whether the $20 million in the Immigration Emergency Fund for reimbursement of states and localities for certain immigration-related assistance is available annually or whether a total of $20 million is available from the account for such expenses. We conclude that the $20 million is available annually."