Let me say as emphatically as I know how. a majority of States already require testing for various communicable diseases including rubella. syphilis. tuberculosis. and so forth. So I do not want to hear too much about States rights in this matter because this Senator believes in States rights as strongly as anybody. Second. it would require that this country. this Government. begin testing immigrants coming into this country for the AIDS virus. Now. there may be a great deal of argument about this amendment. but I cannot see why. Specifically. the amendment. first. provides that in order for a States residents to be eligible for the $30 million the Appropriations Committee has allocated for drugs for individuals with AIDS the State must require AIDS testing as a condition for granting a marriage i1cense.
Keywords matched
immigrants