By Rhonda Robinson Taylor
October 16, 2029
WASHINGTON D.C. — The vast majority of asylum-seekers from the New Confederacy arriving in the United States are citing persecution on the basis of their LGBTQ identity, a new report shows.
The U.S. Department of Immigration and Guestwork released statistics from the third quarter of the calendar year indicating that nearly 400 people from the New Confederacy with new, pending immigration proceedings sought asylum protections. Of those, 63% pointed to their status as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
An additional 19% cited their persecution as Muslims, Jews, or other religious minorities. Ten percent raised fears related to their political affiliation, and specifically those who are adherents of the Democratic Party.
“The United States will not turn its back on people facing persecution from anywhere, including those who were part of our society until very recently,” said DIG Secretary Joaquin Castro in a phone interview with The Alternate Times. “We will evaluate these asylum applications accordingly and, where appropriate, welcome those from countries with records of human rights abuses.”
The DIG report noted that the increase in asylum applications came amid new state and federal legislation in the New Confederacy to ban gender-affirming care, eliminate protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and, in the case of Louisiana, make it a crime to be transgender.
Although there is strong support in the New Confederate Congress for passing a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, President Donald Trump Jr. is reportedly lobbying against it behind the scenes.
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