Submitted by Alex Birch on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 19:00.
Immigrants infected with HIV may no longer be banned from living in the U.S. for the first time in more than 20 years.
A $50 billion Senate bill (SB 2731) intended to combat AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas may effectively repeal a 1987 ban prohibiting travel and immigration for people infected with HIV. The U.S. is one of several countries to have such a rule, including Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Russia, the Associated Press reports.
"[It's] time to move beyond an antiquated, knee-jerk reaction" to HIV-infected people, Kerry said. "There's no excuse for a law that stigmatizes a particular disease."
All I can say is: when you support immigrating HIV-victims with your tax money, you know it's time to change government. As if the American welfare system wasn't broken as it is already, soon to be overthrown by the baby boomers, a new wave of victims are here to partake in freedom and democracy. How long can the boat carry all of its passangers, before it sinks?
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it's "unfair to stigmatize a particular disease"? Even if the spread of that disease may mean death for people, undersevedly so?
i know that aids can't be spread through the air, but come on, where's the logic here? This is just blatant "tolerance" to make a few politicians look good (hey, remember me, i'm the guy who wanted illegal illmigrants with aids running around!) so they can run for president. what a joke.