1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Restore the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and stop deporting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to countries where they face imprisonment or death. The January 20 executive order didn't just pause a program — it canceled flights for over 10,000 refugees overnight and stripped 22,000 people of safe housing. That's not a policy adjustment. That's abandonment. Rainbow Railroad's 2025 report shows 20,215 people requested relocation help this year — a 51% spike, the highest in the organization's 20-year history. For the first time, nearly a third of those requests came from people inside the United States, and 88% of them are American citizens. The U.S. now tops the list of countries where trans people are asking for help escaping. Meanwhile, attorney Rebekah Wolf reports that the Trump Administration is detaining queer and trans clients and attempting to deport them to Uganda, where same-sex acts carry life imprisonment. Judges have issued protection orders. The administration is ignoring them. From October 2025 to May 2026, this country admitted only 6,668 refugees — over 99% white South Africans. Under Biden, more than 233,000 were resettled. This country is better than this. Push back on these deportations, demand USRAP be reinstated, and make clear that the U.S. does not send queer people to die.