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Immigration Equality is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Immigration Equality )〕 Based in New York, it is the only national organization that both advocates for and directly represents LGBT and HIV-positive people in the immigration system.〔(Estate planning for same-sex couples ) Joan M. Burda, American Bar Association. ''General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Section; American Bar Association'', pp. 179. 2004; ISBN 1-59031-382-8, ISBN 978-1-59031-382-4.〕〔(The End of Stigma? ) Gill Green, Taylor & Francis; pp.66, ISBN 0-203-88179-6, ISBN 978-0-203-88179-8.〕〔(Refusal to Totally Lift HIV Travel Ban 'Deeply Troubling' ) ((archived copy ))''HIVPlus'' Magazine 1 October 2008.〕 The organization provides guidance and legal counsel for LGBT immigrants, particularly those seeking asylum from countries where they face persecution. Immigration Equality also works for immigrants who are coping with HIV and the obstacles it presents to immigration. In 2013, it provided over $16 million in free legal services for low-income LGBT and HIV-positive immigrants. It wins 98% of its cases.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Immigration Equality Drives Progress for Human Rights & Social Justice Immigration Equality Drives Progress for Human Rights & Social Justice )〕 ==Direct legal representation and clients== Immigration Equality represents LGBT and HIV-positive immigrants seeking safety, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. Its clients include asylum seekers, binational couples and families, detainees, and undocumented people. In over 80 countries worldwide, it is a crime to be LGBT. Due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status, clients are persecuted in their country of origin and flee to the United States. The fear of further abuse, torture, and death prevents their return. Without legal immigration status in the United States, they can be detained by immigration officials and deported.〔 Immigration Equality helps clients to win asylum or release from detention so they can live safely and freely in the United States. Clients detained in detention centers have reported abuse by fellow detainees and guards. They often report spending a majority of their time isolated in solitary confinement, particularly transgender woman who are housed in male facilities. Historically, Immigration Equality’s largest source of clients has come from Jamaica, with Mexico trailing right behind. In 2013, with Russia’s “anti-gay propaganda” law, the organization’s number of Russian clients surpassed the amount of Mexican clients. Over the last 20 years, the largest percentage of Immigration Equality clients has come from the Caribbean and Latin America. As more countries worldwide pass anti-LGBT laws, the number of individuals coming to Immigration Equality from Russia, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa has increased. Immigration Equality has a remarkable 98% win rate for their clients in asylum offices and immigration court.〔 In 2013, the organization represented approximately 354 clients. Immigration Equality maintains a list of LGBT and HIV-competent private immigration attorneys to provide legal representation for those who contact them. They also provide technical assistance to attorneys who are working on sexual orientation, transgender identity, or HIV status-based right of asylum applications, or other immigration applications where the client’s LGBT or HIV-positive identity is at issue in the case.〔(Gay Refugees Seek Asylum in U.S.: Tell Me More - Behind Closed Doors ) National Public Radio, August 13, 2007.〕〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Immigration Equality (organization)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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