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How Lambda Legal hopes to help LGBT immigrants
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Jul 12, 2016
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How Lambda Legal hopes to help LGBT immigrants
More than 250,000 of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are LGBT.
The majority of the inmates held at the Santa Ana city jail, which was built in the mid-1990s, are from federal agencies that the city contracts with, including about 180 immigration detainees. May 18, 2016
The majority of the inmates held at the Santa Ana city jail, which was built in the mid-1990s, are from federal agencies that the city contracts with, including about 180 immigration detainees. May 18, 2016
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More than 250,000 of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are LGBT.

More than 250,000 of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are LGBT.

But their treatment in a Santa Ana detention center has drawn fierce criticism, with activists saying trans people have especially been subject to mistreatment and abuse by authorities.

At the same time, LGBT activists were angry and disappointed by the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down President Obama's action shielding detainees from deportation.

Rachel Tiven, the new head of Lambda Legal, joins Take Two to explain the work her organization plans to do helping LGBT immigrants and more.