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Press Releases
VICTORY! Federal Court Orders Department of State to Recognize U.S. Citizenship of Child of Gay Couple Born Abroad
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2020 Contact: Kristen Thompson, Immigration Equality communications@immigrationequality.org | 310-780-0736 Samy Nemir, Lambda Legal snemir@lambdalegal.org | 202-672-4877 VICTORY! Federal Court Orders Department of State to Recognize U.S. Citizenship of…
Immigration Equality Joins 100+ LGBTQ Organizations to Condemn Racial Violence
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Those words, written over 30 years ago by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, remind us that indifference can…
Federal Court Hears Oral Argument in Case of Child of Gay Maryland Couple Denied Recognition as U.S. Citizen
JUNE 5, 2020 (BALTIMORE, MD)—A federal court in Maryland heard arguments today in a case brought by Immigration Equality, Lambda Legal, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis on behalf of a married…
Immigration Equality Joins Calls for Justice in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
MAY 20, 2020 (NEW YORK, NY) — In response to the deadly shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man killed by civilians in Georgia in February, Immigration Equality issued the following statement: “We…
ICE Releases Immigration Equality and Lambda Legal Clients Living with HIV
MAY 1, 2020 (BEAUMONT, TEXAS) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) late yesterday released two asylum seekers living with HIV who were detained at an ICE detention facility in eastern Texas, less…
Immigration Equality and Lambda Legal Urge ICE to Release Detainees Living with HIV
“Instead of being treated with dignity, these asylum seekers have been shackled, kept in the dark about the COVID-19 outbreak, and denied basic necessities to keep themselves safe.” APRIL 27, 2020 (BEAUMONT,…
ICE Refuses to Release Detained HIV-Positive Asylum Seekers Despite Life-Threatening COVID-19 Risk
Immigration Equality calls on DHS to release people living with HIV at imminent risk of infection MARCH 23, 2020 (NEW YORK, NY) — Today, Immigration Equality filed a complaint with the office of Civil Rights and…
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