Besides a safe place to stay, the church also provides asylum-seekers a stipend, connections to immigration lawyers, and assistance in getting health insurance.
Even though courts initially froze Trump's "Muslim bans," his executive orders still slowed the U.S. resettlement of LGBT people fleeing violence. Now that the Supreme Court has partially reinstated the bans, things are getting really scary.
The Canadian government is expected to announce it will accept single gay Syrian refugees but reject 'lone males' as part of changes to its immigration policy.