Binnie I am pretty sure aids did not enter the US because they let Hatians into the country from Hati.
At that time they tried to say that those people were all drug dealers, and we would have an increase in the drug trade if we let them in. Which was more bullshit.
Our government tried to make it similiar to Castro when he let all the criminals in Cuba leave Cuba for the United states.
I got to know a lot of Haitians after they came here through soccer. I found them to be hard working people who were friendly and who were very family oriented. Their kids had mothers and fathers. The only thing Haitian soccer players did not understand was when they were offside.