ICE detained a trans migrant at her asylum hearing. Her lawyers still can't contact her
Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.
JUNE 4, 2025
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ICE frees transgender asylum seeker from detention after Oregon court order
A federal judge ruled that the government violated her rights.
JULY 15, 2025
Under Trump, U.S. Is No Refuge for LGBTQ Chechens
The U.S. has not offered asylum to any Chechen fleeing anti-LGBTQ persecution and has become increasingly hostile to those seeking it.
JANUARY 29, 2019
Immigration Advocates Demand Release of Abused Trans Asylum Seeker
Nicoll Hernandez-Polanco says she's faced transphobia and verbal, physical, and sexual abuse from immigration staff and other detainees in her all-male facility, despite posing no 'security threat.'
JANUARY 14, 2015
Jon Lovett warns Democrats that ‘every inch Trump gets is an inch we don’t get back’
The Crooked Media cofounder who will be in Washington, D.C., for a taping of his Lovett or Leave It podcast, told The Advocate that Democrats must stand firm.
APRIL 23, 2025
Activists Call for Release of Raped Trans Detainee
A trans immigration detainee says she was raped by her male cellmate weeks after reporting that she had been verbally harassed by the man, and threatened with sexual assault.
AUGUST 1, 2014
LGBTQ+ immigrants face 'most immediate risk' of ICE raids in Los Angeles
Over 1.25 million LGBTQ+ adult immigrants live in the U.S., with an estimated 10 percent living in Los Angeles County.
JUNE 13, 2025
Trump Wants to Gut Asylum Claims. LGBTQ+ People Will Die.
Tell the administration we need to help queer migrants, not return them to discrimination and violence.
JULY 14, 2020
Queer Venezuelan deported and 'disappeared' over mischaracterized tattoos, lawyer says
ICE agents claimed the tattoos signified membership in the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, but his lawyers say they have deported an innocent artist.
MARCH 19, 2025
Facing Reelection, Trump Expands His Anti-LGBTQ Agenda
The impeached and desperate president is capable of anything, writes Sean Cahill of The Fenway Institute.
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
ICE Still Locks Trans Women in Cells With Men
A former detainee says Immigration and Customs Enforcement must stop housing transgender women with men in private prisons. In a word, it's about rape.
MAY 25, 2015
Gay asylum-seeker's lawyer worries for the makeup artist's safety in Salvadoran ‘hellhole’ prison
Andry Hernández Romero’s lawyer voiced her concern for the gay man who was deported to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison.
APRIL 22, 2025
San Francisco queen Hilary Rivers detained by ICE after asylum hearing
"San Francisco is the vibrant city we know of today because of the contributions of immigrants — especially queer immigrants," San Francisco Pride said in a statement supporting drag artist Hilary Rivers.
JULY 8, 2025
Immigration judge dismisses asylum case of gay Venezuelan deported to Salvadoran supermax prison
Hernández Romero had been awaiting an asylum hearing before he was deported without warning in March, his lawyer told The Advocate in April.
MAY 30, 2025
ICE Is Indefinitely Detaining a Gay Asylum Seeker Despite Court Order
Darwin Garcia Portillo first sought asylum in the United States in March, along with his partner and younger brother.
NOVEMBER 3, 2019
Trans Woman Released After 6 Months in Immigration Detention
Nicoll Hernandez-Polanco's experiences of sexual assault and solitary confinement are a prime example of how the immigration system mistreats trans women, say advocates.
MAY 4, 2015
Deported gay makeup artist cried for mother in prison, photojournalist says
Andry Hernandez Romero was deported to El Salvador despite having no criminal record.
APRIL 7, 2025
New York’s Ritchie Torres donates to Andry Hernández Romero fund demanding freedom for gay asylum-seeker
The Democratic congressman is using his influence and bank account to call attention to the Venezuelan makeup artist disappeared by Trump to a mega prison in El Salvador.
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JUNE 11, 2025
Hundreds rallying at Supreme Court demand Trump return disappeared gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero
They rallied to bring the 31-year-old makeup artist back from CECOT in El Salvador.
JUNE 10, 2025