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On the recordSeptember 25, 1996
The bill does not say that legal immigrants can get AIDS treatment and illegal cannot. It gives disabilities to both of them for getting it with Federal funds. Anybody who can pay for it on their own the bill does not affect. The bill says with regard to legal and illegal immigrants, they cannot get it with Federal funds. The distinction between legal and illegal does not exist in the bill. The degree of penalty may be different. In both cases the bill says if you are here legally or illegally and you have HIV, you cannot be treated with Federal funds. That includes legal immigrants.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the implications of a bill on AIDS treatment for legal and illegal immigrants.

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