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CBP Official Says HIV-Positive Status Justifies Family Separation
The chief of law enforcement at the Customs and Border Protection agency said on Thursday an adult’s HIV-positive status is justification for separating them from their children.
“If a mother or father has a HIV-positive status, is that enough to justify separation from their child?” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MA) asked the CBP’s Brian Hastings at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on family separation on Thursday morning.
“It is. It’s a communicable disease under the guidance,” Hastings replied.
Raskin then asked for clarification, noting that HIV is not spread through “ordinary contact.”
“That’s the guidance that we follow,” Hastings said.
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