If we are serious about HIVpositive persons and wanted to keep them out of the country. that means we would have a program to test all of the tourists coming into the country. We do not do that. We do not even test immigrants who come in under very strange conditions. I think that "60 Minutes" exposed the fact that our Immigration Department allows people coming through the airports to come into the airports. especially the one in New York at Kennedy Airport. and if they say they are seeking asylum. political asylum. they are sent out for a few hours. they are questioned. and usually let go. because they only have detention space for about 20 or 30 people. So they have let people by the thousands come into the country. pretend they have lost their passport. say they are seeking political asylum. and in 3 hours they are told to show up at a hearing. and they are allowed to go into the streets of New York. Twothirds of them they never see again. We are that careless with our immigration policies. If you are concerned about immigration and if you are concerned about who comes into the country. then let the Immigration Department tighten up those kinds of policies. Here we have a situation that is a matter related to political asylum. If ever there was a nation that was the subject of terrorism. oppression. abuse. it has been Haiti.
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