In particular, the negotiated dissolution of the U.N. trusteeship of Micronesia created U.S. compacts of free association with the nations of the Republic of Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia in 1986 and the Republic of Belau in 1994. These agreements resulted in a massive migration of FSM citizens into Guam and Hawaii. Strong criticisms were made of the Chuukese by Chamoru people, and others, that are similar to criticisms made of the Chamoru by the Stateside communities from the 1960s to the present. This poem points to the irony of this phenomenon. To be clear, the casualty in the loss of goodwill between Guam and her island neighbors is attributed to the absence of foresight by federal negotiators who authored the compacts of free association without planning to ameliorate their impact to the region, indicated Congressman Underwood.
Enforcement is said to be impossible since no mechanism exists to track the visitors.
President Clinton, on his visit to Guam spoke of the impact and ordered federal planners to double the budget of reimbursing Guam for the compact. In 1999, as the renegotiation of the compacts between the U.S. and the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshalls and Republic of Palau are beginning, Guam Delegate to the U.S. House of Rep Robert Underwood was selected as an advisor to the negotiations. To be fair, the FSM visitors are legal immigrants, hard working, responsible taxpayers who often take jobs that some local people won't. They are Guam's island neighbors looking for a better life for their children and willing to sacrifice to realize their dreams.