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Trump now using HIV status to separate families at the border
The Trump Administration is citing HIV status as a reason to separate families at the border, according to Brian Hastings, chief of Customs & Border Patrol.
Hastings made the remarks during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday, July 25. During the hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked Hastings point-blank if HIV status qualified as a reason to separate parents from children.
“It is because it’s a communicable disease under the guidance,” Hastings said. When Raskin pressed Hastings about HIV not being...
