This paper explores a topic that has received limited attention in existing scholarship on immigration attitudes, but that is central to the political discourse of many countries: the deportation of undocumented immigrants. We examine how immigrants’ identity and economic characteristics interact to shape deportation attitudes. In particular, we focus on immigrants’ sexual orientation and economic contributions. We investigate the topic in the United States, a country where immigration is a key political issue that has become increasingly polarizing. The analysis relies on an original survey experiment with a sample of respondents that mirror Census quotas for key socio-demographic indicators. The analysis reveals interesting findings. Immigrants’ identity characteristics play a limited but significant role in shaping support for deportation once the undocumented trait is taken into account. In particular, gay immigrants face stronger calls for deportation. However, when information about an immigrant’s economic contribution in the destination country is provided in addition to their sexual orientation, the difference in the evaluation of gay and straight undocumented immigrants becomes non-significant. Interestingly, while economic contributions strongly decrease support for the deportation of immigrants with various profiles, the effect is stronger for gay over straight immigrants. The results are mostly driven by Democratic respondents, who reward gay immigrants more for their economic contributions. In contrast, Republicans reward straight immigrants more, but to a lesser extent. This paper contributes to the study of LGBTQ+ politics and immigration attitudes, suggesting possible frames to contrast calls for deportation.