ICE raids uniquely harm queer immigrants, but LGBTQ+ communities are fighting back - LGBTQ Nation

"Most media coverage on the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has focused on how its masked agents - super-charged by billions of dollars in increased Republican-approved funding - are invading Democratic-majority cities and using disproportionate physical violence to detain American citizens and non-criminal immigrants while also violating their Constitutionally protected due process rights. But less media attention has been given to the undocumented LGBTQ+ immigrants who are most likely to be impacted by ICE raids and the Trump administration's other anti-immigration policies, the Williams Institute at UCLA's School of Law says."

"The institute estimates that 3% of immigrants identify as LGBTQ+, a figure representing 639,000 individuals. Approximately 45% of these queer immigrants are also undocumented (residing in the U.S. without formal legal authorization to do so), a figure representing about 288,000 people."

"So, considering that one-third of all LGBTQ+ immigrants reside in California, that means an estimated 213,000 LGBTQ+ immigrants live in California, and of those, an estimated 96,000 are undocumented. The institute further estimates that 122,000 LGBTQ+ adult immigrants live in Los Angeles County (including 5,200 nonbinary and transgender immigrants). Of all queer adult immigrants in LA County, 60% (or 73,200) of them have Latin American origins, 26,000 hold a legal residency status, 49,000 don't have U.S. citizenship, and 23,000 are undocumented."

ICE agents, backed by billions in increased Republican-approved funding, have invaded Democratic-majority cities and used disproportionate physical violence to detain citizens and non-criminal immigrants, undermining due process protections. Undocumented LGBTQ+ immigrants are particularly likely to be impacted by ICE raids and anti-immigration policies. Three percent of immigrants identify as LGBTQ+, about 639,000 people nationwide. Approximately 45% of LGBTQ+ immigrants are undocumented, roughly 288,000 individuals. One-third of LGBTQ+ immigrants live in California, about 213,000 people, including an estimated 96,000 undocumented. Los Angeles County includes about 122,000 LGBTQ+ adult immigrants, including 5,200 nonbinary and transgender individuals.

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