ACLU Applauds President and Congress: 21-Year US Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers Is Lifted


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2008 2:58 PM	CONTACT: ACLU Linda Paris, (202) 675-2312, media@dcaclu.org

ACLU Applauds President and Congress: 21-Year US Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers Is Lifted

WASHINGTON - July 30 - Today President George W. Bush is expected to sign into law the Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, a presidential initiative to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, including a provision ending the ban on HIV-positive travelers and immigrants. The following can be attributed to Joanne Lin, ACLU Legislative Counsel: “The ACLU applauds the president and Congress for their leadership in lifting a 21-year ban on HIV-positive travelers and immigrants. Today the president signed landmark HIV/AIDS legislation into law and ended a shameful era in American immigration policy. For a generation, HIV/AIDS was the only disease singled out in our immigration laws as a basis to ban visitors and immigrants from this country. “Lifting the ban will remove the discriminatory barrier long faced by HIV-positive people and their families. Now the immigration laws will treat HIV/AIDS like other communicable diseases. This legislation is a major advance for all people living with HIV/AIDS.” ###

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