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LGBT Syrian Refugees a Priority for Resettlement, White House Says

December 9, 2015 by Sean Mandell Leave a Comment

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White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says that the White House will prioritize the resettlement of the “most vulnerable” Syrian refugees coming to America, a category that includes LGBT refugees.

Earnest would not specify a specific number of LGBT refugees the United States would accept, saying it was against policy to set such quotas.

Responding to a question from Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson on LGBT refugees, Earnest said,

“When it comes to our refugee resettlement efforts, the United States does not set aside quotas like what you just described,” Earnest said. “But what the United States does do, in terms of resettling refugees, is prioritize the cases of those who are deemed to be the most vulnerable — those who have been subjected to acts of torture, those who have been singled out because of their minority status in one way or another.”

Asked by the Blade to clarify that the “most vulnerable” would include LGBT people facing persecution, Earnest said LGBT people would be among the groups facing persecution that would meet that definition.

“There are no quotas that are set aside, but the process that we have implemented does prioritize the cases of those who have been subjected to torture, including like the torture that you described, or might have been singled out for their status as a minority, whether that’s a racial minority or an ethnic minority or a religious minority, or even somebody — an LGBT person,” Earnest said.

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The State Department reiterated Earnest’s remarks:

“The U.S. does not establish quotas o‎r set-asides for refugee applicants based on type of claim (race, religion, membership in a particular social group, etc),” the spokesperson said. “Each refugee applicant is considered for U.S. resettlement based upon the merits of his or her individual claim, which could include persecution based on being LGBT.”

The Blade reports that more than 30 men in Iraq and Syria have been executed over allegations of “sodomy.”

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