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Causes: International
Mission: The immigration equality action fund is a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization incorporated in september 2009 to work toward winning support for comprehensive immigration reform and to ensure lgbtq families, asylum-seekers, and detainees are included in any and all immigration bill proposals, including but not limited to reform of detention standards, inadmissability regulations and asylum standards.
Programs: Immigration equality action fund lobbies congress on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and hiv-positive immigrants and their families. It works to reform immigration law, meets with key committee members in the house and senate, and works with supporters to generate letters, phones calls, and in-person meetings with congress. The action fund lobbies congress to include lbgtq families, asylum-seekers, and detainees in immigration reform, and has turned key immigration advocacy groups into enthusiastic supporters of lgbtq inclusion.