Subject: U. S. Ban on Immigrants Carrying HIV to Remain
Date: Published: 8/5/91 (33 lines)
Source: Wall Street Journal. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc.

    U. S. Ban on Immigrants
    Carrying HIV to Remain

    WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is looking at ways
 to loosen restrictions on foreign travelers infected with the
 AIDS virus, but has decided to keep its ban on immigration of
 HIV-infected foreigners, according to health officials.
    Alan Fein, executive director of the Harvard AIDS
 Institute in Cambridge, Mass., said his group is "a little
 confused" by piecemeal leaks of the health department's
 decision on the HIV immigration ban.  No announcement will be
 issued on the fate of the International AIDS Conference
 planned for Boston in 1992 for a week or two.  Previously, the
 institute threatened to withdraw as co-sponsor of the event
 unless the ban was lifted.
    While the issue of the immigration ban has essentially
 been decided, talks between the Justice and Health and Human
 Services departments continue on whether to lift restrictions
 on travelers with the AIDS virus, according to officials.
 Currently those infected with the AIDS virus must carry
 waivers in their passports and can stay in the country only
 for a limited period.
    The administration's decision to keep the immigration ban
 was first reported by the Washington Post.

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