I am referring. of course. to the socalled Nickles amendment that Mr. McCoLLUM and I submitted to the Rules Committee. That amendment would bar aliens with AIDS from permanent immigrant status in the United States. It passed the other body by an overwhelming vote of 76 to 23. And yet. even though the Nickles amendment is part of the Senate bill which this rule allows us to take up for purposes of going to conference. the Rules Committee denied our request. Mr. Speaker. this Is a terribly important and urgent issue which the House should deal with now. and not later. The President has threatened to lift the current ban on aliens with AIDS who want to become permanent immigrants. That decision could be disastrous both from a health and a cost standpoint. Even the Washington Post. in a February 20 editorial. expressed qualified support for the Nickles amendment.
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