UNITED STATES: End of Federal HIV Travel Ban 'Imminent'

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UNITED STATES: End of Federal HIV Travel Ban 'Imminent'

Southern Voice (Atlanta) (10.30.09) - Friday, October 30, 2009

The Obama administration's change in rules to allow HIV- positive foreign nationals to enter the United States should be announced soon, according to Immigration Equality, an advocacy group for the LGBT/HIV-positive community. The repeal of the travel ban has moved from the Department of Health and Human Services to the White House Office of Management and Budget, which is anticipated to announce the change officially, said Steve Ralls, Immigration Equality's spokesperson. "Our expectation is the publication will happen very soon, and following a potential short window between publication and implementation, the HIV travel and immigration ban will be a thing of the past," Ralls said.
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