Tag: HIV stigma
U.S. border agents rip children away from immigrants with HIV
This week, Chief Brian Hastings, a top official within U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee member Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland that immigration officials will separate immigrant children from parents if their parents are HIV-positive, according to The Washington Blade.
Hastings said the policy exists because HIV is considered “a communicable disease under the guidance” even though HIV is not communicable by contact.” He couldn’t say whether the policy originated from CBP’s legal...
