Posted on 07/17/2008 7:36:08 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron
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.
Supporters of the proposal say the policy is dated and must be eliminated. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, said even China has lifted its ban against travelers with the disease.
"[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."
He said even immigrants with avian flu or Ebola virus have a smoother path to citizenship than those with HIV.
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There can be no other reason for allowing people with comminicable disease in amongst our Citizens.
We are living in the age of insanity.
The Naushon Island AIDS Hospice.
If Obama becomes POTUS, expect headlines like this every day.
Did Lurch personally offer to pay for their medical care while they are here, or is that up to us “little people” who actually pay taxes?
Lepers, what about the lepers?
Did Lurch really want to send $50 BILLION of our money to Africa??
We must be because sometimes I feel like I'm going insane
We must be short on Malaria and Dengue fever too... Quick! Open the floodgates...
But he will spend your money for his projects!
Has this bill been passed and signed yet? Hadn’t heard of it.
This is risky and expensive. Kerry and the Democrats will pander to anyone anytime.
lets note forget this is the same man that told us what a hero he was during the vietnam war but yet came back to America and lead war protest marches and if i remember correctly burned the flag. (correct me if i am wrong on that account) but it seems to me that i remember that story from when i lived in mass and he was running for office.
>> “[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.”
Are we really stigmatizing a particular disease? Are the HIV-infected treated any differently than others with fatal communicable diseases? I think not.
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Kerry and Kennedy. How did we get so lucky here in MA?
>>>>Lurch doesn’t pay taxes like the little people, he hides his wealth in trust funds <<<<<
He blew his trust fund a long time ago.
It’s Theresa’s money.
Maybe because you either die or heal by the time any citizenship question comes up for people suffering from those two diseases. Ebola can kill in days and the flu in either days from the primary disease or a couple of weeks from secondary lung infections. AIDS continues for years.
Maybe Lurch wanted to, but Bush actually did.
This clearly shows the government doesn’t care about us.
This disease has been used for so long now as a political and social weapon by the left that any serious discussion of why this disease is so rampant and who is overwhelmingly responsible for spreading it is nearly impossible.
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