Thank You!

We Persist!

Over the past year, this administration has been targeting the LGBTQ+, immigrant, and asylum-seeker communities through terror, barriers and bans, and ridiculous fees.

Unfortunately, they are still at it.

They have proposed changes to work permit access for asylum seekers that will make them more vulnerable to various forms of exploitation. These will come into effect after April 24, 2026. Some are listed below:

  • No new work permits for asylum seekers for decades.

  • Extension of the eligibility timeline from 150 days after applying for asylum to 365 days.

  • Extension of the processing period from 30 days to 180 days.

  • Barred from applying for a work permit if the asylum application is submitted more than 1 year after arrival in the U.S.

  • Requirement to report for biometrics (fingerprinting) in Bedford, NH, not just after submitting an asylum application, but additionally, after applying for initial and renewed work permits.

They have already ended the automatic extension of expiring work permits and reduced their validity from five years to 18 months.

We must stop them before they can do more harm!

Here's what you can do:

  • Submit a comment on the Federal Register website (bit.ly/comment2026) to voice opposition to these changes by April 24. Share your experiences with asylum seekers, how much they want to contribute to society, and how much they need these work permits in order to pay their bills, eat, and survive. Learn more- bit.ly/learnmore2026

  • Encourage business owners (small and large) to also submit comments. It's estimated that these changes will cost the economy over $7 billion.

  • Call your US senators and US representative to encourage them to push back against these changes. Find them here- bit.ly/findCongress

  • Spread the word within every network that you belong to!

Thank you for standing with us!

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Housing & Help Requests (2025-2026)

Over the past few years, we have seen a steady increase in the number of folks reaching out to us for housing support. This need has outweighed our capacity to provide direct housing. However, we have answered every request and have been able to direct folks to temporary housing options nationwide, while they await a more suitable spot in our housing.

Annual Housing & Help Requests

During the pandemic, we saw a doubling of the number of LGBTQ asylum seekers requesting housing. This has placed a strain on our available resources — housing and financial. To mitigate against these effects, we have been creative in identifying temporary accommodations and making investments toward reducing our monthly expenses in certain key areas. We have also made an effort to increase our visibility and garner more support from folks like you.

Top Countries of Origin (2024)

Housing and Help Requests by Gender (2025)

Housing and Help Requests by Orientation (2025)

Historically, we have received the most requests for housing and connection to resources from LGBTQ asylum seekers from either Jamaica or Uganda. While conditions for LGBTQ people continue to be horrible in approximately 60 countries, there are established networks in both of these countries that list the Task Force as a possible source of assistance through the asylum process.

Congruent with the increase in the number of asylum seekers that we have directly housed is the tripling of our average monthly expenses over the past six years. It currently costs us over $50,000 per month to provide housing and other support to LGBTQ asylum seekers. This averages out to $1,400 per person per month. We have been able to reduce our monthly expenses through strategic steps towards greater efficiency and sustainability in all that we do.

Monthly Expenses

Individual Donors

Number of Donations

During the same time that we were experiencing a doubling of LGBTQ asylum seekers contacting us for help, there was a reduction in the total number of individual donors and donations. Despite our strained finances, we connected each asylum seeker to needed resources and maintained our 100% asylum grant, stable housing, and employment rates.

In 2023, we strategically increased our outreach efforts, which bore fruit in the significant increase in the total number of donors and donations we received. However, we saw a 10% reduction in those figures in 2024. Much more is needed in order for us to have the capacity to support the continued increase in requests for support. We appreciate any help that you can provide to further this goal.

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