Immigration and Asylum

Highlights of Lambda Legal's racial justice, immigration, and Latino outreach work in 2014 and goals for 2015.

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Immigration and Asylum

Lambda Legal joined other LGBT and civil rights organizations to strongly urge President Obama not to exclude long-resident LGBT individuals from the forthcoming program of administrative relief to protect from deportation some of the nation’s population. 

Immigration and Asylum

Lambda Legal called on members of Congress to turn away from the fatally flawed, piecemeal approach to immigration reform of bills like H.R. 5230, widely criticized for purporting to promote border security instead of addressing the humanitarian needs of immigrant youth on the border.

Lambda Legal Calls on Congress to Do the Right Thing and Reject Flawed, Piecemeal Approach to Immigration Reform

(Washington, DC – August 1, 2014) – Lambda Legal called on members of Congress to turn away from the fatally flawed, piecemeal approach to immigration reform of bills like H.R. 5230, widely criticized for purporting to promote border security instead of addressing the humanitarian needs of immigrant youth on the border.

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Lambda Legal le urge al Congreso a hacer lo correcto y rechazar un acercamiento imperfecto y fragmentado a la reforma migratoria

(Washington, DC – 1º de agosto de 2014) –Lambda Legal le ha pedido al Congreso que le dé la espalda a un acercamiento imperfecto y fragmentado a la reforma migratoria, como el proyecto de ley H.R. 5230. Dicha medida fue abandonada por miembros del Congreso, luego de fuertes críticas sobre la forma en que pretendía promover la seguridad fronteriza en vez de resolver las necesidades humanitarias de los jóvenes inmigrantes que se encuentran en la frontera. Según la prensa, posibles cambios al proyecto de ley H.R.

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Lambda Legal has signed on to a petition asking for just treatment of asylum seekers in the United States, and we need your help.

Click here and sign now!

The petition states:

P: Tengo una prima que fue recientemente detenida por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), y ella es transgénero. Ella tiene la intención de solicitar asilo en los Estados Unidos porque teme que será perseguida si es deportada. He oído que hay nuevas reglas para proteger a las personas transgénero en los centros de detención de inmigración. ¿Cuáles son?

Today, March 31, is the 5th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility, when we celebrate those who have worked to elevate the powerful experiences of transgender people.

LGBT people in custody are particularly vulnerable and are at heightened risk for sexual assault and physical abuse.

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