. >> reporter: jorge gutierrez is the executive director of familia: trans queer liberion movement, or t.q.l.m., a volunteer-led group thatca ads for latinx immigrants who identify as l.g.b.t.q. according tohe u.c.l.a. school of law's williams institute, there are at least 267,000 undocumented l.g.b.t.q immigrants living in the u.s. gutierrez says familia t t.q.l.m.'s goal is to pu national spotlight on their unique circumstances, both in b the u.s. ak in their home countres. >> they're facing discrimination, racism, you know, transphobia, homophobia in their own communities, i own families.ey then, ind themselves being detained for months and months, trying to get asylum, trying to get refuge. >> reporter: tysns migrants, utierrez, face a specific set of obstacles. s take try of 28-year-old victoria castro, a trans migrant from el salvador. a she says slied for asylum in 2017 after being the target of violence bk home. >> ( translated ): we are being puued and attacked. that's what motivates trans women to immigrate into this country and to seek whatever safety we ca >> reporter: cast