By Kerry Bretz | Published January 25, 2019 | Posted in Asylum, Political Asylum | Tagged Tags: asylum, family-based immigation, Lawful Permanent Resident, lgbt, LGBTQ, political asylum, work authorization | Comments Off on LGBTQ Asylum Considerations
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LGBTQ Asylum Considerations
Individuals being persecuted because of their sexual orientation and identified gender is not a new phenomenon. Oftentimes, those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) are the victims of discrimination, trauma, and persecution. Many LGBTQ refugees who fear that they will be harmed based on their gender identity or sexual Read More
Read MoreCatch & Return: Policy on Fishing Boats, but Not Human Lives
The federal government enters its fourth week of shutdown (or, as it is more diplomatically put, “lapse in appropriations”) because of what Donald Trump calls a humanitarian crisis at the border. Such importance is placed on this crisis that we have 80, 000 federal workers staring at yet another week without pay. So… what crisis Read More
Read MoreFederal Judge Strikes Down Trump Asylum Policies for Domestic and Gang Violence Victims
In a recent ruling, a federal judge struck down several portions of the Justice Department’s policies, which made it more challenging for non-citizens to claim asylum due to domestic or gang violence. The judge ruled on the basis that the “expedited removal” policies violated existing immigration law. The policies were originally ordered by former Read More
Read MoreSubstantial Decrease in the Number of Refugees Allowed in the United States
Many refugees from around the world desire to seek asylum in the United States. In immigration law, the term “refugee” means any person who is outside the country of his/her nationality, who is unable or unwilling to return to said country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, Read More
Read MoreU.S. Attorney General Limits Asylum Seekers’ Rights to be Heard
The Washington Post reported that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has done away with a requirement that foreign nationals seeking asylum here in this country receive a full hearing in immigration court. By eliminating this requirement, it vacates a ruling made by the Board of Immigration Appeals in 2014 that all asylum seekers should be Read More
Read MoreTransgender Activist Freed on Bond, Thanks to Crowdfunding Campaign
A local crowdfunding effort resulted in a California transgender activist seeking asylum to be free on $3,000 bond after serving three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. This was reported by OC Weekly. Valeria De la Luz left the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 9 with an ankle monitor. Read More
Read MoreWhat Is Asylum?
Asylum is a United States protective program which grants refugees and asylees the legal right to work and live in the U.S., apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship, and travel outside of the U.S. An asylee may also be granted the right to file for their spouse and minor children to come to the Read More
Read MoreTransgendered Guatemalan Woman Successfully Obtains Asylum in the U.S.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), under the auspices of its Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI), recently announced that the organization was able to obtain asylum for a transgendered woman who was fleeing her native country of Guatemala. She said she had been targeted by both the police and drug cartels because of her gender Read More
Read MoreThe Future of Asylum Law in Donald Trump’s America
Donald Trump’s many campaign promises may have disheartened asylum seekers or those with asylum status in the U.S. He has spoken of banning Muslims, building a wall between Mexico and the U.S., and implementing a so-called “extreme vetting” process of people from war-torn countries seeking entry into the U.S. While it is difficult to say Read More
Read MoreDeportation Orders Issued for Central American Youth
Recently, Latin Times and Latino Fox News reported that 10,142 deportation orders for Central American youth, who had entered the country without an adult, have been issued by the 55 United States immigration courts. This initiated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, purportedly focused on certain groups of people, which has not occurred since the Read More
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