Mr. President. would direct the President within 90 days after date of enactment to add human immunodeficiency virus to the existing list of dangerous contagious diseases for aliens. Under current law. immigrants are given physical exams and tested for what the statute calls a "dangerous contagious disease" which includes chancroid. gonorrhea. granuloma inguinale. leprosy (infectious) lymphogranuloma venerium. syphilis (infectious) or tuberculosis (active). If the immigrant tests positive for a dangerous contagious disease. he or she is excluded from the United States. However. the law is silent on the excludability of those individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Mr. President. this country must be protected from the influx of the AIDS virus from abroad. It is only elementary that as the epidemic continues to grow and spread abroad. immigrants coming to this country in greater numbers will be bringing the AIDS virus to the United States. In addition. this section will amend the law affecting those individuals seeking legalization under the recently passed Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Currently. the Attorney General can waive the dangerous contagious disease ground for exclusion. My bill will put illegals on the same footing as those legally trying to obtain entrance into the United States. If the illegal alien has a dangerous contagious disease. he will be denied legalization. The waiver found in 212(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens seeking immigrant visas will apply to those seeking amnesty. Section 10 contains language to repeal D.C. Law 6170. the D.C.
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