Concern that letting these Haitians in sets a dangerous precedent. opening the floodgates for those with AIDS to enter the United States. is baseless. Contrary to what others have suggested. Judge Johnsons decision is not inconsistent with current immigration policy. rather it requires our Government to apply these policies uniformly and to abide by our laws. Our refugee laws are not based on economics or on race. but on the need to protect those who could be subjected to political persecution. To my knowledge. no other group of asylum seekers have been required to take the HIV test at this stage of the asylum process. Until last year. the United States had never excluded anyone from the asylum program on the basis that they were HIV positive. Indeed.
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Generalization that letting these Haitians in sets a dangerous precedent, opening the floodgates for those with AIDS to enter the United States.