And it has significantly undermined our leadership in the fight against HIV. The U.S. is one of only 12 countries in the world to have such harsh HIVbased restrictions on entry. The others include Sudan. Libya. Russia and Saudi Arabia. Even China has recently overturned its ban. This discriminatory policy has no basis in public health. and it should have been stricken long ago. Our immigration laws have long prevented the admission of persons who have communicable diseases that HHS believes are of "public health significance." In 1993. HHS sought to remove HIV from this list. But Congress. in a time of fear and ignorance about the disease. kept it in.
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