Senate Votes To Repeal Ban On Visitors With HIV

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(Washington) The US Senate has approved repeal of a law barring HIV-positive visitors and immigrants from entering the country. The measure was included in legislation reauthorizing PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

The ban repeal measure was tacked onto the bill by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) despite an effort by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to block it.

PEPFAR passed the Senate with the Kerry-Smith provision by a vote of 80 to 16 and now moves to conference committee before being sent to the President.

The travel and immigration ban prohibits HIV-positive foreign nationals from entering the U.S. unless they obtain a special waiver, which can only allow for short-term travel. Current policy also prevents the vast majority of foreign nationals with HIV from obtaining legal permanent residency in the United States.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/07/071708ban.htm

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1. K&R

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2. The end of the Helms legacy

May that shitbag burn in the lowest fringes of Ancient Egyptian Hell for all eternity. Discrimination and hatred were the only two things that ambulatory turd ever stood for.