Should immigrants be screened for HIV/AIDS before being allowed to enter the U.S.?

Question

what do you think?

Answer 1

Why? There are a lot of Americans who already have HIV/AIDS. Lets screen them first...

Answer 2

OF COURSE THEY SHOULD BE SCREENED, that's why I'm all for LEGAL immigration ... because a medical exam is a requirement for entry to the U.S. Some of you are just too liberal for your own good. Somebody up there said "it's their business." Yeah, and it becmes our business when they arrive. They may not come here with the intent to infect, but hey, convicted sex offenders don't move into neighborhoods with the intent of fondling little girls. But guess what, when they get a gander at 8 year old becky sue in her sundress skipping down the sidewalk, it then becomes a risk to the community. And for the person that said "they can't help it that they have AIDS" ... come on, really.

Answer 3

I think we need to let our health officials and CDC work that out. I would think screening for major communicable diseases of all kind is a good thing. Whether that was a cause for excluding them or a cause for making sure they had education on how not to spread it and access to health care would be a different point.

Some people want to characterize health restrictions as 'discrimination' when it relates to HIV/AIDS in ways they wouldn't if it were small pox or bird flu. I think it needs to be treated like a disease, not a panic, but I think it is reasonable to look into all health concerns.

Clarification: I am only speaking of work/student visas here, not tourist trips.

Answer 4

No.
What does that do to the positive population here in the US?
What about false positives?
How can we screen people standing in line at an airport?
How will we pay for that?

HIV/AIDS is not even close to the biggest problem the US faces. At least HIV/AIDS can be combatted with education.

Answer 5

Sure, why not? I got screened for certain disease when I moved to Hawaii and got a job there (TB). It is already happening for some things so why not for HIV? May help with the problem, especially with those coming from South American like Brazil.

Answer 6

Immigrants coming to the USA to be landed immigrants goes into a process where medical examination is a requirement. It includes blood screening for HIV.

With visitor (B1/B2) visa, it depends on which country you are coming from. Embassies even require immunization records.

Answer 7

Not a bad idea. Problem is that only legal immigrants would get screened and we'd still have millions of illegals running around infecting people.

Answer 8

If they have entered legally they are screened for infectious diseases. This is another big problem with illegals. Things like T.B. are on the rise and it is attributed to the increase of illegal immigrants.

Answer 9

Of course they should!!!! When they enter this country LEGALLY,i know they are screened for any communicable diseases,but those SNEAKING into the country, could have.and DO have God knows what kinds of diseases!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, a lot of these ILLEGALS are working in restaurants cooking and serving our food!!!!

A Lot of illegals have t.b.!!! THINK ABOUT THAT,next time you go out to eat!!! There was an illegal here in PRISON who has t.b.,and he told the c.o. that he works at TYSON chicken!!!!! And we KNOW that Tyson hires HUNDREDS (if not thousands!!) of illegals,because they shut down dozens of their processing plants so their ILLEGALS could go do their little "protest marches", to DEMAND that we give them "rights"!!!I don't know about YOU, but i DO NOT want to eat food that some illegal has been coughing up his BLOODY T.B. on!!!!

Answer 10

This is already in effect.I immigrated from Germany in 1991.Even back then it was a standard procedure of being checked for HIV.I also had to hand carry a x-ray picture of my lungs