US Deports LGBTQ Migrants to Nations Where They Fear Persecution, Rights Groups Say

US deports LGBTQ migrants to nations where they fear persecution, rights groups say

The US department of homeland security has defended the arrangements, saying migrants receive due process and that third-country agreements are lawful. A federal appeals court this month upheld a ruling that found aspects of the administration's third-country deportation policy unlawful. The dispute could eventually reach the Supreme Court. Aylin is now back in Turkey and has told her family that she has changed her sexual orientation.

THE ORANGE MAN Is Deporting Gay Refugees to Countries Where They’re Targets

Aylin is 28, and gay. She fled Turkey after a religious group and a close family member threatened her life. A US immigration judge agreed it wasn’t safe for her to go back and granted her protection. Then she spent 18 months in American detention. In July, she told CNN, she was shackled and put […]