Your gift goes twice as far on International Migrants Day
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Dear Friend,
As we send this note on the eve of International Migrants Day, I’m struck by how deeply this moment reflects who we are and why Immigration Equality exists.
This December also marks the close of our 30th anniversary year — 30 years of resilience, advocacy, and community. Throughout this milestone, I’ve been reflecting not only on what we’ve accomplished, but on the people whose courage has shaped this organization from the beginning.
I’ll be frank. This year has not been easy. In 2025 alone, we witnessed:
Protections for trans and nonbinary people rolled back, including access to accurate gender markers on ID documents;
Immigration enforcement budgets expanded to $150 billion;
People being illegally disappeared to third countries without due process of law;
ICE using loopholes to push people into expedited removal; and
Detention numbers climbing, tripling our emergency hotline calls.
On International Migrants Day, the world is meant to pause and recognize the humanity, dignity, and rights of all migrants. For LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants, those rights are too often denied, and the stakes could not be higher.
Yet in the face of these challenges, your support made real change possible.
Together, we:
Protected LGBTQ asylum seekers: fighting every day to uphold critical protections for hundreds of individuals we represent and maintaining a near 95% success rate for refugees and asylum seekers.
Joined litigation that changes lives: blocking harmful asylum policies and defending people from deportation to El Salvador’s Cecot prison.
Liberated detained immigrants: like securing asylum for a Russian lesbian couple who were detained by ICE, physically assaulted by detention staff, and pressured to abandon their protection claims.
Opened new doors to safety: referring more than 60 LGBTQ refugees to Canada, many of whom have already arrived in that safe nation.
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One of the most meaningful moments for me personally was hearing Al Sandimir, one of our former clients, speak at SHINE this fall. Their resilience reminded me why this work matters and why we cannot lose momentum now. If you want to read more about Al's story and watch their video, go to our end-of-year donation page below!
Support LGBTQ Immigrants Like Al
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Friend — as we honor International Migrants Day and move into a new chapter, our Board of Directors has generously agreed to match your gift up to $30k until the end of the year! Help us step into 2026 with strength and clarity. Your generosity has carried us through 30 years of resilience, and right now, your gift can go twice as far to protect LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants.
Thank you for standing with us, believing in our mission, and fighting for LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants when it matters most.
Thankfully,
Aaron C. Morris, Executive Director
Immigration Equality
Immigration Equality is a registered 501(c)(3) organization (EIN: 13-3802711) and a proud participant in the Combined Federal Campaign (member number 40016). All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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