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Williams Institute
A S Y L U MAUTHORS:
ASYLUM KerithJ. Conron
Winston Luhur
APPLICATIONS
TO THE US BY
LGBT PEOPLE
FACT SHEET / OCTOBER2021
In this fact sheet, we estimate the number of LGBT people seeking asylum in the U.S. for any reason using data from
the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and information about LGBT immigrants previously
generated by the Williams Institute.' These estimates are intended to further knowledge about the number of
LGBT asylum seekers to the United States. Neither the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),
a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), nor the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
within the Department of Justice publishes statistics on asylum claims based on sexual orientation and/or gender
identity or systematically collects data regarding the LGBT status of asylum seekers. A lack of actual counts from
official sources necessitates the production of estimates. Please refer to LGBTAsylum Claims in the United States2 for
recommendations to improve the collection of data about LGBT asylees to the U.S.
Estimates contained in this fact sheet draw upon information from the USCIS Asylum Pre-Screening System about
the number of asylum applications filed during FY 2012-2017 on the basis of membership in a particular social
group, coded by USCIS as sexual orientation or gender [identity]-related (hereafter LGBT status), and that resulted
in fear interviews with USCIS asylum officers. This data source has been described in detail in LGBTAsylum Claims in
the United States.3 As reported previously, a total of 3,899 asylum applications based on LGBT status that resulted in
fear interviews were filed in the U.S. during FY2012-2017.4
Asylum applications based on LGBT status that resulted in fear interviews recorded in the USCIS Asylum Pre-
Screening System likely represent a small segment of all LGBT asylees. LGBT people seeking asylum may be fearful
1 Goldberg, S.K. & Conron, K.J. (2021, February). LGBTAdult Immigrants in the United States. Los Angeles, CA: The Williams Institute.
Retrieved from: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Adult-LGBT-Immigrants-Feb-2021.pdf
2 Shaw, A., Luhur, W., Eagly, I, & Conron, K.J. (2021, March). LGBTAsylum Claims in the United States. Los Angeles, CA: The Williams
Institute. Retrieved from: https://wiiliamsinstitute.law.ucia.edu/wp-content/uploads/Asylum-LGBT-Claims-Mar-2021.pdf
s Shaw, A., Luhur, W., Eagly, I, & Conron, K.J. (2021, March).
4 Shaw, A., Luhur, W., Eagly, I, & Conron, K.J. (2021, March).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.lgbtqwi/aauslp0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)