HIV-positive migrants accuse US of neglect

Victor Manuel Serrato, 43, sits on his bed at Las Memorias, a shelter for people living with HIV, in Tijuana, northern Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. Serrato, a nineteen-year HIV bearer, was deported two months ago from the U.S. after having lived there for 34 years. Experts on AIDS and immigration said the U.S. crackdown on illegal immigration is forcing people to avoid government clinics to receive care. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias) By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) - Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she didn't see a doctor or get the right medicine. Fellow inmates also begged for help after Victoria Arellano started vomiting blood in their holding cell, where her lawyer said... [read full story]