Senate Approves Repeal of HIV Travel and Immigration Ban
Posted on July 21, 2008
Filed Under MSN Gay News, News
In a decision highly praised by gay and lesbian advocacy groups, the U.S. Senate voted this week to repeal a ban on HIV positive visitors and immigrants. The ban, which has been in place for over 20 years and was officially made law in 1993, has barred visitors and immigrants with HIV from traveling to the United States unless they were granted special waivers.
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