A Massachusetts church that supports immigrants fleeing their countries for their sexual orientation has opened a new home for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender asylum seekers.

Though immigration agents question asylum-seekers about their concerns, the federal government does not track the number of people seeking asylum specifically because they are LGBT.

Washington, D.C. — According to a groundbreaking report issued today by the Center for American Progress, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, individuals seeking asylum in the ...

Asylum-seekers who arrive at the southern border and claim to be LGBT are exempt from the U.S.-Mexico “Remain in Mexico” policy and will not be returned to Mexico to await decisions by U.S ...

"The LGBT community is a very specific target for organized crime," she says. Like Rivas, most LGBT asylum-seekers she's worked with don't want to cross the border undocumented.

A Massachusetts church that supports immigrants fleeing their countries for their sexual orientation has opened a new home for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender asylum seekers.

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro made a series of claims Monday, saying CBP staffers were sending disabled and LGBT asylum seekers back to Mexico.

But there are non-profits working with this group of people. The LGBT Asylum Task Force provides housing and a stipend until asylum-seekers can get work authorization.

LGBT Asylum Seekers Pastor Judith Hanlon, of Hadwen Park Congregational Church, and co-founder of the LGBT Asylum Task Force, speaks on a phone at a home recently renovated by the ministry task ...