We've heard it a few thousand times before, but The Advocate is reporting that US Customs has issued a memo directing offers to hold any decisions on green card applications "based solely on HIV status":

The U.S. Customs and Immigration Service has issued a memo directing its officers to put a hold on any decisions on green card applications that are based solely on HIV status, pending a rule change to eliminate the HIV restriction that Health and Human Services is scheduled to issue later this year.

Under current regulations, non-U.S. citizens who are HIV-positive cannot travel to the United States unless they are granted a waiver, and immigrants are denied entry to the United States if they are HIV-positive. The CIS memo's intent is to halt any green card denials that are based on HIV status in anticipation that the policy change proposed earlier this year by HHS will soon be ushered through to completion.

This ban has terrorized HIV positive people for FAR too long. It has stymied AIDS research. And its about goddamn time.