U.S. care of illegal immigrants with AIDS draws fire

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides inadequate care for illegal immigrant detainees with HIV or AIDS, according to a new report by a civil rights group.

The study by Human Rights Watch concluded that facilities failed to deliver complete anti-retroviral regimens consistently, failed to prescribe prophylactic medications to prevent infections and failed to ensure continuity of care when detainees transferred facilities.”*

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