Robert Garcia demands answers in case of gay Venezuelan migrant deported to El Salvador prison
Andry Hernandez Romero fled Venezuela out of fear because of his sexuality. When he got to the U.S., authorities sent him to a hellhole.
April 22, 2025
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Prison Operators' Negligence Caused Trans Migrant's Death, Suit Claims
The lawsuit seeks to hold companies that run private detention centers and transport migrants responsible for Roxsana Hernandez's death.
May 14, 2020
Standing Up to Corporate Backers of Hate
Melissa Nunez -- a trans woman who suffered in a for-profit detention center -- wants to know why JPMorgan Chase is financing places like these.
May 25, 2017
Kristi Noem won’t say if gay asylum-seeker deported to El Salvador’s ‘hellhole’ prison is still alive
The Trump Homeland Security secretary wouldn’t consider Rep. Robert Garcia’s request to provide Andry Hernandez Romero’s mom with an update on her son.
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May 15, 2025
Democratic lawmakers fly to El Salvador and demand action on gay man Trump sent to CECOT prison
The calls for Andry Hernandez Romero's proof of life and wellness are growing.
April 23, 2025
Bad Wisconsin cop’s tattoo claim helped deport gay asylum-seeker to Salvadoran prison hellscape: report
Sacked after a drunk driving incident, the former officer now helps deport people from the U.S.
April 10, 2025
ICE Center Deleted Video of Trans Refugee's Treatment; Sens. Ask Why
Roxsana Hernandez died in ICE custody in May 2018, and Sens. Kamala Harris and Richard Blumenthal are asking why surveillance video was erased.
November 1, 2019
Gay Guatemalan asylum-seeker deported by Trump by mistake pleads for lifeline in federal court
“I am the smallest version of myself because I have so much more fear, the man told a Massachusetts district court.
May 23, 2025
Migrant With AIDS and COVID Dies While Held by ICE
Pablo Sanchez-Gotopo of Venezuela had been held at a private prison where activists have raised concerns about the health care provided to detainees.
October 21, 2021
This Out Med Student Made a Plea for the 36K LGBTQ DREAMers
Yazmin Irazoqui-Ruiz testified to the House that Trump's plan to kill DACA protections threaten her future and the tens of thousands of other queer people benefiting from the program.
March 6, 2019
Trans Migrants Get Poor Health Care at Private Prison, Inspectors Find
Federal agencies found a sad state of affairs at Cibola County Correctional Center, which has been accused of causing one trans immigrant's death.
March 2, 2020
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
Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody
Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.
July 15, 2025
Jon Lovett and Tim Miller team up to ‘raise hell’ over gay asylum-seeker vanished to El Salvador by Trump
Andry Hernández Romero entered the U.S. legally, fleeing persecution for being gay. Then the Trump administration disappeared him, sending him to a dystopian prison. They’re trying to get him back.
May 22, 2025
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