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HIV + immigrants still banned.(NEWS)
BEFORE CHECKING into lame-duck status last year, former President Bush signed legislation amending immigration law to stop banning HIV-positive immigrants from entering the country. The catch? U.S. Health and Human Services still has HIV on its list of inadmissible diseases.
The U.S. has banned HIV-positive people from short-term travel and immigration since 1987. That policy decision came to a head in the '90s during the Haitian refugee crisis, when Haitians were forcibly tested for HIV at Guantanamo. Those found to be HIV-positive were ...
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