Forcing the child to undergo as many as five immunizations at one time. in order to reduce the amount of time and money a parent must spend in the childs home country. will drive up the cost of the adoption. There is a danger that unsterile or reconstituted needles. or substandard immunizations. may be used to vaccinate children in some orphanages in some countries. It is also important to ensure that any immigrant who has received a waiver be immunized once he or she has arrived in the United States. The McCain/Kyl amendment requires the Attorney General and Secretaries of HHS and State to report back in 6 months on how to establish an enforcement program to ensure that immigrants who receive waivers be immunized once they arrive in the United States. The enforcement program would not apply to immunizations that would not be medically appropriate in the foreign country or the United States or would be contrary to the aliens religious or moral convictions. On July 22. 23 of my colleagues. including Senators ABRAHAM.
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