U.S. Immigration Restrictions for People With HIV/AIDS

See also: U.S. Immigration & HIV/AIDS

CSIS's Morrison Discusses "End of AIDS" (January 5, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
How I -- and Team4HIVHope -- Got to the Race Across America: A Blog Entry by Steven Berveling (June 10, 2011)
"I recognise that I get stigmatised because I live with HIV, and that stigma affects how I see my own self worth. I want to show that despite me having HIV, I can do these tough sport events like anyone else."
From The Body
International AIDS Conference Won't Move From D.C.; Committee Taps Immigration Lawyer (November 1, 2010)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Mississippi Man Fights to Block Deportation of HIV-Positive Partner (September 21, 2010)
In Edge Boston
A Conference for All? Travel Ban Threatens IAC 2012 (August 26, 2010)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Rights Groups Want US to Lift Travel Ban Ahead of 2012 AIDS Conference (July 27, 2010)
In Jamaica Observer
International AIDS Conference Day 3: Dr. Koh Speaks on HIV Travel Restrictions -- A Blog Entry From Positive Policy (July 20, 2010)
In The XVIII International AIDS Conference, from The Body
U.S. Lifts HIV Positive Visitor Restrictions (Winter/Spring 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Lifting the HIV Entry Ban: What It Means on the Ground (March 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Entry Ban on HIV Lifted (January/February 2010)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
UN Leaders, HIV/AIDS Advocates Laud Official End to HIV Travel Ban (January 5, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Cleared for Takeoff: What Ending the HIV Travel Ban Means for Black Americans (January 4, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
U.S. HIV/AIDS Travel Ban Lifted (January 4, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Travel Ban Finally, Officially Over: A Blog Entry by Bonnie Goldman (January 4, 2010)
From The Body
The International AIDS Society Announces Washington, DC, as Site of the XIX International AIDS Conference in July 2012 (November 30, 2009)
Removal of entry restrictions on people living with HIV by the U.S. allows for return of conference after 22-year absence.
From International AIDS Society
"Blot" On U.S. HIV/AIDS Leadership Removed (November 19, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Signs of Change: Ryan White Reauthorization, Travel Ban Removal: A Blog Entry by Bonnie Goldman (November 5, 2009)
Bonnie Goldman, TheBody.com's editorial director, offers her take on these landmark developments in HIV/AIDS policy.
From The Body
Non-Governmental Organizations Praise End to HIV Travel Ban (November 4, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Officially Ends HIV Travel Ban (November 2, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
UN Secretary-General Urges Countries to Follow the United States and Lift Travel Restrictions for People Living With HIV (October 30, 2009)
To read PDF, click here.
From UNAIDS
Remarks by the President at Signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (October 30, 2009)
From White House
President Obama to Lift HIV Travel Ban: Lambda Legal Says Good Riddance to Bad Policy (October 30, 2009)
"... as the government sheds this discriminatory practice, we hope that other discriminatory laws and policies will soon be eliminated."
From Lambda Legal
Obama Announces Ryan White CARE Act Extension, Elimination of HIV Travel Ban (October 30, 2009)
From The Body
CDC Approves Lifting of the HIV Travel Ban! (October 27, 2009)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Persistent U.S. Immigration Ban for HIVers Has Some Visa Holders on Edge (October 10, 2009)
From National Public Radio
Lifting of U.S. HIV Travel Ban Might Be "Coming Soon" (September 24, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
CDC Hears Loud and Clear: HIV Travel Ban Should Go (August 20, 2009)
Majority of 20,000 comments to CDC support lifting travel ban; activists rally at Canadian/U.S. border.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Lambda Legal Urges Swift Adoption of Proposed Rules Eliminating HIV Travel and Immigration Ban (August 18, 2009)
After over twenty years of barring people living with HIV from traveling or immigrating to the United States ... Lambda Legal strongly urges the CDC to move swiftly to finalize and implement the proposed regulations.
From Lambda Legal
Border Patrol (August 13, 2009)
From Housing Works
HIV Travel Ban May Be Lifted for Infected Visitors (July 22, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Media Examines U.S. Government's Steps to Lift HIV Travel Ban (July 20, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The HIV Entry Ban: What's Next? (Summer 2009)
A talk with Nancy Ordover.
To read PDF, click here.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Politico Examines Retraction, Resubmission of HHS HIV Immigration Policy (July 2, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.S. to (Finally) Begin Removal of Ban on HIV-Positive Visitors (July 2, 2009)
From The Body
Travel Ban on the Way Out (July 1, 2009)
Advocate pressure leads administration to begin lifting HIV travel ban; comments needed to debunk reg's wrong assumptions.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Lambda Legal Applauds Proposed Rules Eliminating HIV Travel Restrictions (July 1, 2009)
Adoption of these rules after the public comment period will ensure that people living with HIV will no longer face this type of stigma and discrimination from our government.
From Lambda Legal
Disease Experts Applaud Move to Overturn HIV Entry Ban (June 30, 2009)
From HIV Medicine Association
Leading Pediatric AIDS Foundation Applauds Repeal of HIV Travel Ban (June 30, 2009)
From Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
HHS to Propose Removal of HIV From List Preventing Foreigners U.S. Entry (June 30, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
British Global Health Advocate Says He Was Denied Entrance Into U.S. Because of HIV Status (June 18, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
IAS Investigates Washington D.C. as Host of 2012 International AIDS Conference (June 11, 2009)
Washington D.C. could be the host city of the world's largest conference in the field of health and development if the United States drops its ban on the entry of HIV-positive people.
From International AIDS Society
AIDS Activists Denounce U.S. Travel Rules (June 5, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barred! (May 28, 2009)
Up to 60 Canadians living with HIV denied entry to U.S.; AIDS groups outraged.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
HIV Entry Ban Persists in U.S.; Undermines Public Health, Report Says (March 18, 2009)
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
Europe to U.S: Stop Requiring Foreign Visitors to Report Their HIV Status (January 14, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Streamlined Process Announced for Otherwise Eligible HIV-Positive Individuals to Enter the United States (September 29, 2008)
From U.S. Department of Homeland Security
House Democrats Send Letter to President Bush Urging "Swift Action" on Reversal of Rule Banning HIV-Positive Foreigners From Entering U.S. (September 22, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.S. Residents Increasingly Adopting HIV-Positive Children From Abroad, AP/Google.com Reports (September 3, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The United States' HIV Immigration Ban Eliminated? Not So Fast! (September 2008)
To read PDF, click here.
From Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project
Final Approval Imminent for Bill to Boost PEPFAR, Ease U.S. Travel Restrictions (July 28, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Lambda Legal Urges President to Eliminate U.S. Travel Restrictions for People Living With HIV (July 25, 2008)
"The ban against HIV-positive travelers and visitors is a violation of basic human rights, and the reversal of this discriminatory policy is long overdue."
From Lambda Legal
IAS Applauds U.S. Senate Passage of PEPFAR and Repeal of Discriminatory and Ineffective HIV Entry and Immigration Ban (July 18, 2008)
From International AIDS Society
Helms' Horrid Legacy (July 11, 2008)
Former senator's damage won't be undone by his death.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
People With HIV Not Welcome Here (Summer 2008)
In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
U.S. Senators Kerry and Smith Call for End to the HIV Travel Ban in Washington Times Editorial (June 25, 2008)
In Washington Post
Sen. Reid Says He Will Try to Bring PEPFAR Legislation to Senate Floor on Wednesday (June 25, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Repeal of Ban on HIV-Positive Visitors Stalls (June 20, 2008)
In Southern Voice
U.N. Secretary-General Calls for End of Discrimination Against, Travel Restrictions on People Living With HIV/AIDS (June 11, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.S. HIV Travel Ban Is Stupid, Says Well-Known Pos Conservative Columnist (May 14, 2008)
In Washington Post
Bye-Bye Ban? (March 21, 2008)
PEPFAR isn't perfect, but it could be the means to nix the U.S.'s reviled ban on HIV-positive travelers and immigrants.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Congress May Strike HIV Travel Limits (March 11, 2008)
From Associated Press
Task Force Calls for Lifting of HIV/AIDS-Related Travel Restrictions (March 10, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV Advocates Protest HIV Travel Proposal (January 4, 2008)
600 groups and individuals respond to the feds' call for comments on policy barring people with HIV from U.S.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Denying Entry, Stay and Residence Due to HIV Status (2008)
Ten things you need to know.
From International AIDS Society
Homeland Security Department Provides Inadequate Care, Treatment to HIV-Positive People at Immigration Detention Centers, Report Says (December 10, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
IAS Statement on United States Department of Homeland Security Proposed Ruling to "Streamline" Temporary Visa Provision for People Living With HIV/AIDS (December 4, 2007)
From International AIDS Society
Fix the Fix, Ban the Ban (November 30, 2007)
One week left to urge DHS to drop its nonsensical changes to the ban on HIV-positive travelers and immigrants.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Critics Say New HIV Visitor Rules More Restrictive (November 22, 2007)
In Washington Blade
Rep. Lee Introduces Legislation to Repeal Ban on Immigration of HIV-Positive People to U.S. (August 7, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Advocates Discuss U.S. Law Banning HIV-Positive Foreigners From Entering Country (April 20, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
President Bush Eases U.S. Ban on HIV-Positive Visitors (December 2, 2006)
In San Francisco Chronicle
Immigration and HIV (Fall 2006)
To read PDF, click here.
In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
HIV Testing Requirements for Entry Into Foreign Countries (March 2006)
From U.S. Department of State
United States Should Not Deport HIV-Positive Immigrants, Opinion Piece Says (January 12, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
In Brief: United States Immigration (April 15, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Immigration Ban Test (October 1998)
More about New Zealander Christopher Arnesen's fight with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Hepatitis A Vaccination of Men Who Have Sex With Men -- Atlanta, Georgia, 1996-1997 (September 4, 1998)
[Archived Article]
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Immigration Issues and Travel Restrictions (1998)
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS
HIV Positive Nicaraguan Fights U.S. Deportation and Wins (July 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Limited Justice for HIV-Positive Immigrant (July 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive