Immigration Equality

We're the nation’s leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization. We provide free lawyers for LGBTQ and HIV+ asylum seekers.
#SaveAsylum

[Queerty @Queerty]

The headlines are bad, but “There’s still hope,” says Immigration Equality, and ways that U.S. citizens can help.

https://t.co/WgwBjQyt8c

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

The U.S. cannot disappear people into foreign prisons to avoid the Constitution. @IEquality and a coalition of legal and human rights orgs just filed a major lawsuit to stop the Trump admin’s secretive, unlawful agreement with El Salvador. Read more here: https://t.co/gy8er4ZEfR

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

(4/4) Click the link below to read the fact sheet for real stories from LGBTQI+ refugees and to explore the policy recommendations needed to protect them.

https://t.co/dIPuriSfbM

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

(3/4) The Trump administration’s orders block LGBTQI+ refugees from accessing asylum, and violate both U.S. law and recognition of international treaties. Our joint fact sheet documents these urgent cases and calls on U.S. leaders to act.

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

(2/4) Many who fled violence are now stranded in countries where they face persecution based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Among them: 61 queer and trans refugees whose U.S. applications were approved, yet remain stuck in dangerous limbo.

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

(1/4) A new fact sheet from Human Rights First, @IEquality, Rainbow Railroad, @ORAMrefugee, and @Global_Equality documents how the Trump administration's recent executive orders have life-threatening consequences for LGBTQI+ refugees. https://t.co/dIPuriSfbM

[ImmDef @ImmDef]

We call on the Trump administration to bring Andry back, give him the due process he was denied, and prove his innocence in court. #DueProcess4All #FreeAndry #justiceforandry #BringThemBack

@L_Toczylowski @AC360

[ImmDef @ImmDef]

Thank you for speaking truth into Andry's name @RepBeccaB. Andry is not a threat to this country, he is an artist who sought safety in the U.S. In return he was put on a plane to ES' CECOT where he likely languishes as a gay man. 🚨Due process for all, NOT optics over evidence.

[Lindsay Toczylowski @L_Toczylowski]

Reminder that this is Andry. He is a professional makeup artist from Venezuela. He has no criminal history. He has been in a theater troupe since he was 7 and loves pageants. His family is distraught and misses him. He is sitting in a cell in El Salvador tonight. #FreeAndry

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

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[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

It’s been over 13 hours since I started speaking, and I intend to stay on the Senate floor as long as I’m physically able. I’m here to do my job, as a Senator from New Jersey, to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed by President Trump. I'm am speaking up.

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

Live from the Senate floor. https://t.co/ZQaixCC8AF

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

We cannot allow Congress to pass this anti-immigrant bill that harms all of us. We need your help. Please send a letter to your legislator NOW! https://t.co/6JubneHASC

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

Demand your legislators that they vote NO on the Defund Our Communities Act -- This is yet another dangerous, anti-immigrant bill that is being rushed through Congress. We must stop it NOW! If passed, it would harm ALL OF US. Here's how:
https://t.co/6JubneHASC

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

Some programs that could lose funding include:
- School lunches and breakfast programs
- Domestic violence shelters
- Transportation projects
- Reimbursement of uncompensated care for hospitals
- FEMA funding for natural disasters

[Immigration Equality @IEquality]

The Dream & Promise Act is a critical lifeline for LGBTQ youth protecting them from deportation to countries where they face mistreatment, including violence or death because of their HIV status.

Thank you, @RepSylviaGarcia, for re-introducing this bill. This is a step forward!

[Rep. Sylvia Garcia @RepSylviaGarcia]

72% of Americans support Dreamers; it’s time for real solutions. Proud to have introduced the American Dream and Promise Act to protect Dreamers and ensure they have the stability they deserve. Congress must act now! #ProtectDreamers

[Refugee Council USA @RCUSA_DC]

Thanks to congressional leaders ​​@RepRaskin, @PramilaJayapal, @SenatorDurbin, & @SenAlexPadilla for asking @Secrubio to restart refugee resettlement services & end the refugee ban. @SecRubio has long supported resettlement. More details in @politico:
https://t.co/Pjp4leOsck