OUT TODAY: Our video on LGBTQ+ migrants who made a hellish trek to seek asylum.
They were refused food, transport, services, etc on the caravan up. Water was thrown in their faces. They were discriminated against widely.
They banded together for protection. This is their story.
They were refused food, transport, services, etc on the caravan up. Water was thrown in their faces. They were discriminated against widely.
They banded together for protection. This is their story.
The stories are harrowing.
Lady, a Honduran trans woman, said she & her partner were often threatened. "We thought it was just a joke. Until they killed him."
She left, traveling 2.5K+ miles to Tijuana.
"You don't leave your country b/c you want to, they force you to go."
Lady, a Honduran trans woman, said she & her partner were often threatened. "We thought it was just a joke. Until they killed him."
She left, traveling 2.5K+ miles to Tijuana.
"You don't leave your country b/c you want to, they force you to go."
She & 80+ others traveled to Tijuana w/our help & those of other orgs.
They have strong asylum cases—burned arms from gangs, partners killed, coercion, extortion—but they needed lawyers to prove it.
And they needed housing, food, security, etc. They were & are vulnerable in TJ.
They have strong asylum cases—burned arms from gangs, partners killed, coercion, extortion—but they needed lawyers to prove it.
And they needed housing, food, security, etc. They were & are vulnerable in TJ.
After weeks of waiting, most from the first group of LGBTQ+migrants, called La Comunidad, are on the US side being processed.
It took weeks for their numbers to be called, & more LGBTQ+ people show up everyday.
They're held for weeks in TJ in a frustrating, dangerous process.
It took weeks for their numbers to be called, & more LGBTQ+ people show up everyday.
They're held for weeks in TJ in a frustrating, dangerous process.
Our lawyers had to get them up at the crack of dawn morning after morning to go to the border to see if their numbers were called.
They left dejected & frustrated each time, forced to wait in a city dangerous for trans women b/c of an arbitrary & illegal "metering" system.
They left dejected & frustrated each time, forced to wait in a city dangerous for trans women b/c of an arbitrary & illegal "metering" system.
Our immigration policies have forced hell after hell on this group.
They escape extreme violence at home, face abuse & discrimination on the road, & end up forced to wait for weeks as we decide when to let them plea their case.
Then: the hieleras, detention, abuse by ICE, etc.
They escape extreme violence at home, face abuse & discrimination on the road, & end up forced to wait for weeks as we decide when to let them plea their case.
Then: the hieleras, detention, abuse by ICE, etc.
It's a neverending nightmare for those caught up in our system, & LGBTQ+ people are hurt worst than most.
Listen to their stories, & if you can sign up to be a sponsor once they're released so they're not forced to spend one more night in an ICE jail. raicestexas.org/lgbtq-sponsor
Listen to their stories, & if you can sign up to be a sponsor once they're released so they're not forced to spend one more night in an ICE jail. raicestexas.org/lgbtq-sponsor
