Louis Sullivan. made the decision in 1991 to remove HIV from the excludable list. Furthermore. Congress in 1990 gave the authority to the Secretary to make this decision in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990. I voted to oppose the Nickles amendment today because I felt it attempted to make a medical decision for economic reasons. I do not believe Congress is the proper authority for making medically and scientifically based decisions of this nature. The current public charge exclusions more appropriately address the economic concerns and provide immigration officials with the basis for excluding those they believe will become public charges due to their medical conditions. If Congress is truly concerned with the economic costs associated with new immigrants. I feel it would be more appropriate to take a closer look at the public charge exclusions. rather than making medical decisions for political reasons.
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