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Arely Westley, this year's recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, tells The Advocate about this "crucial moment" in time for queer and immigrant communities.
They allege discrimination, harassment, denial of health care, and other mistreatment at a detention center in Colorado.
Nearly 30 transgender and nonbinary migrants held in an ICE facility in New Mexico accuse guards of severe mistreatment.Â
Alejandra Barrera has been detained at the border for nearly two years. It's time for her to be released.Â
Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.
NBC found thousands of LGBTQ and disabled migrants kept in isolation over a five-year period.
As immigration emerges as an issue in the 2008 presidential campaign, the death last month of a Mexican transgender woman in federal custody has sparked outrage among LGBT and immigrant activists.
Is a government turf war over immigration detention putting transgender lives at risk?
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.
Alina Habba, the former personal attorney for Donald Trump, brought federal criminal charges against New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver.
Roxsana Hernandez died this spring in ICE custody. The Transgender Law Center says she faced mistreatment here.
A federal judge ruled that the government violated her rights.
Senators challenged Ron Vitiello in December over the death of a trans migrant in ICE's care. His nomination is now withdrawn.Â
The calls for Andry Hernandez Romero's proof of life and wellness are growing.
A federal judge in Manhattan determined ICE violated Rickardo Anthony Kelly's right to due process.
Government contracts with private prisons provide an incentive to round up immigrants, they say.
The ruling paves the way for New York Attorney General Letitia James to take enforcement action against the county.
A new episode of Showtime's Vice shows the fears and vulnerabilities faced by this community.
No, Portland is not "war-ravaged."
Opinion: Democracy is teetering, and someday we may realize that shoving Padilla was the final push over the edge, writes John Casey.
