Last updated: 4 january, 2010 - 14:43 GMT
US lifts HIV/Aids immigration ban
President Obama announced the change in the law in October 2009
The United States has lifted a 22-year ban preventing anyone with HIV or Aids from entering the country.
President Obama said the measure was not compatible with American ambitions of becoming a world leader in the fight against the disease.
The ban was enacted in the 1980s at the height of fears of a global Aids epidemic.
Rachel Tiven is from the campaign group Immigration Equality.
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First broadcast 3 January 2010
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