U.S. Immigration Policy on Foreign Nationals with HIV/AIDS.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease).

Emigration and immigration.

Medical laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summarizes current U.S. immigration policy on foreign nationals with HIV/AIDS, in light of provisions of S. 2731, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, which would eliminate language in the Immigration and Nationality Act that statutorily bars foreign nationals with HIV/AIDS from entering the U.S. Discusses current grounds for inadmissability, examinations and inspections, and waivers of HIV/AIDS inadmissability. Reviews legislative history, intersecting policies, and policy questions.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. U.S. Immigration Policy on Foreign Nationals with HIV/AIDS

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