Jenniffer González-Colón: “Again, we haven't received the publication in the Federal Register for the next tranche of funds.”

Under the terms of the Freely Associated agreements, compact citizens can migrate and work in the United States but they are not U.S. citizens or nationals.

I am extremely concerned about staffing shortages in those areas.

We thank Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR-At Large) for introducing this legislation.

So, yes, there should be some flexibility, but if an emergency declaration keeps renewing 40 years, 24 years, is it really an emergency, or is it just a way to have a continuing policy that for some reason, Congress or the President does…