The Nation - News from April 6, 1989

Immigration officials refused to free from a Minnesota prison a Dutch visitor who says he has AIDS, saying that allowing him to attend a forum on the disease might endanger the health of others. “Parole is an extreme item that would be used only in extreme circumstances,” said Tom Schiltgen, district director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, explaining his rejection of the request from Hans Paul Verhoef. However, Schiltgen said a decision is likely today on Verhoef’s request for a waiver from U.S. immigration laws denying entry to persons with a dangerous contagious disease.