| HIV Immigration & Travel Bar
Thousands gathered to participate in the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS held from June 10-11th, but U.S. restrictions on travel meant the people most affected by the issue at hand were required to file for special waivers to enter the country.
On Tuesday, June 10 in a side meeting at the UN, international experts in law, public health and human rights along with those affected by these restrictions presented ENTRY DENIED, a panel discussion on HIV-related travel and immigration restrictions co-sponsored by the International AIDS Society, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), UNAIDS, and the members of the Civil Society Task Force. Please see the press releases below and resources at the right for further information.
Since 1987, the United States has banned HIV+ noncitizens
and nonresidents from entering the country and barred nonresidents
already living in the U.S. from most types of legal status. GMHC
has worked with many immigrants whose lives have been jeopardized
by this indefensible policy. We are currently working on a major
initiative to overturn the HIV bar itself.
- ENTRY DENIED: What You Need to Know about HIV Related Travel Restrictions
June 10, 2008
- Comments on DHS Proposed Rule for HIV+ Travelers
December 6, 2007
- World AIDS Day 2007: Discriminatory HIV Immigration Bar Still Stands November 29, 2007
- Proposed Rule on Issuance of a Visa and Authorization
for Temporary Admission into the United States for
non-immigrants (temporary travelers into the
United States) with HIV
November 20, 2007
- DHS Issues Proposed Regulations Which Further Restrict Travel for HIV-Positive Foreign Nationals
Joint press statement from GMHC and Immigration Equality
November 15, 2007
- Letter to U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding death of Victoria Arellano and treatment of other immigrants in federal detention September 11, 2007
- GMHC Calls HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act an "Important Step Forward"
August 2, 2007
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President's Order Does Not Rescind HIV Travel Ban
Joint press statement from GMHC and Immigration Equality
December 6, 2006
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Comments delivered Nancy Ordover, PhD, GMHC at The United
States HIV/AIDS Travel Ban and Immigration Bar Congressional Briefing (PDF)
Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
November 15, 2006
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HIV AND LAWFUL
PERMANENT RESIDENCY:
An Analysis of the HIV Bar, Waivers,
and Prospects for Change (PDF)
Based on an original study written by Daniel M. Bernstein, Esq., in 1999, and updated in May 2006 by Vishal Trivedi and
Cecelia Volk, Esq., and in March 2007 by Vishal Trivedi. The report was updated again in 2008 by Felix Lopez.
Contact information and additional resources
If you are person living with HIV and have an immigration question
or need legal assistance, please contact:
Vishal Trivedi
212.367.1308
vishalt@gmhc.org
For more information about GMHC's policy work on HIV and immigration,
or to get involved with The Coalition to Lift the Bar please contact:
Nathan Schaefer
212.367.1041
nathans@gmhc.org
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