HIV infection is the only medical condition explicitly listed in the immigration regulations as a basis for inadmissibility in the U.S. That will end soon because President Obama said today that the U.S. plans to overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV. In the beginning of January 2010, the ban will […]
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Weakness in U.S. Immigration Policy Exposed
An article in the New York Times today highlighted a gaping weakness in the United States’ immigration system—our government has no reliable way to track if a visitor has left the country. That’s right, the immigration agencies don’t know whether or not the 2.9 million persons who entered the U.S. last year (and the tens […]