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In the context of legislation to renew and increase funding for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the United States Senate voted on July 16 to abolish the travel ban for HIV positive individuals entering the United States as visitors. The House of Representatives passed the same legislation approximately a week later and it has now been signed into law by President Bush.
Before we rush to the border to take advantage of this newly adopted legislation, it would be wise to take into consideration that the legislation mandates certain other government agencies to make changes to their policies to put this change into effect, but those changes have not yet taken place and may take several months to be realized.
However slowly the machinery of government moves, the gears have been set in motion and the travel ban will end in the coming months, which is good news to anyone living with HIV who has to travel to or through the U.S.
There remain several other countries who maintain their travel bans for all visitors and immigrants and many others, including Canada, who maintain serious restrictions for immigrants, but not for visitors.
Additional news and commentary on this story:
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Before we rush to the border to take advantage of this newly adopted legislation, it would be wise to take into consideration that the legislation mandates certain other government agencies to make changes to their policies to put this change into effect, but those changes have not yet taken place and may take several months to be realized.
However slowly the machinery of government moves, the gears have been set in motion and the travel ban will end in the coming months, which is good news to anyone living with HIV who has to travel to or through the U.S.
There remain several other countries who maintain their travel bans for all visitors and immigrants and many others, including Canada, who maintain serious restrictions for immigrants, but not for visitors.
Additional news and commentary on this story:
PinkNews
BBC News
Xtra
Ken Monteith
Executive Director
1 comments:
Great news! Was away in Europe during this decision. Thanks for using my graphic and providing a link.
Best,
Frank Jump
Fading Ad Blog
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