Did you know that if you are HIV+ you cant enter the United States ?

Question

According to Sullivan, HIV remains the only medical condition designated by law in the Immigration and Nationality Act that is used as justification for restricting someone from entering the U.S. He calls the ban—which violates United Nations standards for member states—discriminatory to HIV-positive immigrants.

“Making HIV the only medical condition that legally prevents someone from immigrating or even visiting is a signal to people with HIV that they have something to be ashamed of,” writes Sullivan. “That stigma is one of the greatest obstacles to tackling HIV across the world. The United States has done much to reduce this stigma; it makes no sense to perpetuate it in its own immigration policy.”

-www.poz.com

Somehow this seems completely unfair and inhuman ! I thought the US was a free country. Its embarrassing that Canada, Japan and numerous other country do not have those restrictions to travelers or even on immigration.

Answer 1

It's been my experience that anytime the UN gets mad at something we're doing, we're probably on the right track.

Personally, I think the ban should be extended to anyone with any communicable disease.  Why would we want to let in a bunch of people who can spread diseases to our citizens and be a burden to our heath care system?