More and more LGBT immigrants are choosing to be deported to countries where they were persecuted rather than remain in abusive U.S. detention centers, even though many of them have claims to immigration relief in the United States. NIJC Supervising Attorney of NIJC's LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative, Keren Zwick, talks about the government's inaction to investigate the abuse of detained LGBT immigrants and the urgent need for safer, more humane detention conditions.
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