Rights groups laud end of US HIV/AIDS travel ban

[Kadie]

Rights groups laud end of US HIV/AIDS travel ban

2 hrs 25 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Human rights groups on Monday praised the official lifting of a decades-old ban that prevented people with HIV/AIDS from travelling to the United States.

President Barack Obama announced in October that his administration would end the ban, and the legislation lifting the travel restrictions came into effect on Monday.

"We're very excited to finally see the end of this discriminatory and harmful policy," said Victoria Neilson, legal director at the advocacy group Immigration Equality.

"Getting rid of the HIV ban has been part of our core mission since we were founded in 1994," she told AFP.

The ban on HIV-positive foreigners entering the United States had been in place since 1987.

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[foxfeet]

1. Credit where credit is due: this is a good thing.

[Kadie]

3. I didn't realize this had been going on since 1987.

:(

[Kadie]

2. .