Senators urge Biden administration to protect LGBTQ asylum-seekers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "We write to commend the State Department for taking swift action to implement President Biden's expansive commitment to 'pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics, and to lead by the power of our example in the cause of advancing the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons around the world,'" the letter states.
48% : The senators' letter states that about 11,400 total applications for asylum were filed in the United States on the basis of LGBTQ status from 2012 to 2017, citing a statistic from a study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a research institute focused on LGBTQ issues.
40% : Almost 70 countries criminalize same-sex sexual acts, according to Human Rights Watch, and an estimated 11 countries punish same-sex sexual acts by death, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.
25% : The Trump administration put up a number of roadblocks that made it more difficult to qualify for asylum.
15% : Klobuchar's letter didn't mention Title 42, but it did commend the Biden administration for reversing a Trump administration policy that made it nearly impossible for asylum-seekers to claim asylum over credible fears of domestic abuse or gang violence.

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