As I mentioned yesterday when I spoke about the issue. we sought the assistance of the Public Health Service in drafting suitable language for the healthrelated grounds of exclusion. We accepted the term they proposedthey proposed this term. The term is "communicable disease of public health significance." to describe an illness which would prevent an alien from immigrating to the United States. The administration is now proposing that infection with the AIDS virus is not a disease of "public health significance." It seems to me there are two arguments against this position which need to be answered before our policy is changed. One. is a disease which has reached epidemic proportions. killing more than 175.000 fellow Americans and infecting as many as a millionandahalf more. a disease of public health significance?
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