Trump administration’s immigration crackdown hinders LGBTQ asylum seekers

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Trump administration's immigration crackdown hinders LGBTQ asylum seekers
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Gay City News - Matt Tracy
Posted on April 14, 2025

LGBTQ individuals have been among those swept up in the Trump administration's aggressive crackdown on immigration, which is especially hurting asylum seekers fleeing hardship in other parts of the world.

Concerns over the Trump administration's approach to immigration continued to escalate on April 14 when the president, during a White House gathering with El Salvadorian president Nayib Bukele, suggested he would like to deport "homegrown criminals." The statement came just days after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt indicated that the Trump administration would seek to deport US citizens who are violent criminals "if there's a legal pathway to do that."

Individuals who are trans or non-binary and already have a valid ID issued by the US government can continue to use it and the government will continue to recognize it until it expires. However, the government will refuse to recognize trans and non-binary individuals in their gender when they seek to renew those documents.

"At the macro level, the law is very settled and strongly in favor of the LGBTQ community where asylum is concerned," Morris said. "For more than 25 years, LGBTQ status has been protected, and in every circuit court, LGBTQ people have been determined to be a minority status that deserves protection."

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The President wants to deport U.S. citizens to a foreign country. Let that sink in.