Is it true..

[Zysoclaplem]

for being gay?
My ex told me if you are mexican, and illegal in the United States, you can often times be granted amnesty for claiming (and I guess proving?) that you are homosexual.
This true?

 

[KLin]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has affirmed that lesbians and gay men who can show that they have a well-founded fear of persecution because of their sexual orientation may be considered members of a ''particular social group'' and fall within the definition of refugees as set out in the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Numerous states have granted asylum to homosexual and transgendered people on that basis.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGACT790031999

 

[pontifex]

in other news:
there seems to be an increase in gay minorities

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
for being gay?
My ex told me if you are mexican, and illegal in the United States, you can often times be granted amnesty for claiming (and I guess proving?) that you are homosexual.
This true?

"proving"?

"You, and you. Fornicate. Now."

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
for being gay?
My ex told me if you are mexican, and illegal in the United States, you can often times be granted amnesty for claiming (and I guess proving?) that you are homosexual.
This true?

"proving"?

"You, and you. Fornicate. Now."

Well anyone can say it...lol.

 

[steelels1]

I wouldn't have made that up

Since 1994, it has been possible for gays and lesbians to apply for asylum as ?members of a particular social group,? if they have suffered past persecution or have a well founded fear of future persecution in their country on account of their sexual orientation.

And I guess the correct word would be asylum, not amnesty.

Try here. Has more info on how to go about it. Also might try Lambda Legal.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
for being gay?
My ex told me if you are mexican, and illegal in the United States, you can often times be granted amnesty for claiming (and I guess proving?) that you are homosexual.
This true?

Yes and no. You have to prove that you have a well founded fear of persecution based upon your membership in a social group (in this case practicing homosexual Mexicans). You also have to bring this claim within a year, and then the burden of proof is on you to do so.

It is not as easy as saying "I'm gay" and filling out a form. You have to go to trial, since the INS is not going to just roll over.

I have never had an asylum case involving gay Mexicans. A friend of mine won an asylum case involving a gay Columbian couple.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
for being gay?
My ex told me if you are mexican, and illegal in the United States, you can often times be granted amnesty for claiming (and I guess proving?) that you are homosexual.
This true?

"proving"?

"You, and you. Fornicate. Now."

Well anyone can say it...lol.

Well, they are looking for documentation. I'm not exactly sure how you'd document that.

 

[thehstrybean]

WTF? That's...interesting...

 

[AZGamer]

Is there a well founded fear of persecution of openly homosexual individuals in Mexico?

(That's not a rhetorical question, I really don't know)

If there is then they can make an asylum claim.... That said, the technicalities of the law and actual implementation are different - and it's more likely that a legitimate asylum claim will be denied by a government then the granting of a false asylum claim (aka the USA isn't overwhelmingly pro-asylum for any group but Cubans)

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
for being gay?
My ex told me if you are mexican, and illegal in the United States, you can often times be granted amnesty for claiming (and I guess proving?) that you are homosexual.
This true?

"proving"?

"You, and you. Fornicate. Now."

Well anyone can say it...lol.

Well, they are looking for documentation. I'm not exactly sure how you'd document that.

Or they could show dirty gay pictures and see if the asylum seeker gets a hardon?