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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Stopping the Suffering of Transgender Immigrants
California is taking action to ensure that trans immigrants are treated with dignity at detention centers. The state's proposed legislation is a bold model for the nation, say Adam Frankel and Bamby Salcedo.
June 8, 2016
Transgender Immigrant Dies in Federal Custody
The death of Roxana Hernandez has transgender activists calling for the release of all trans immigrants in detention.
May 29, 2018
New Immigration Guidelines Are Not Enough, Say Activists
A new memorandum from Immigration and Customs Enforcement indicates the agency will house transgender women in women's detention facilities.
June 29, 2015
Transgender Detainees Face Challenges in Broken Immigration System
Is a government turf war over immigration detention putting transgender lives at risk?
May 7, 2012
GOP Senate Hopeful Says Dems Want to Turn Immigrants Transgender
Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy, says that Democrats are bringing "illegal immigrants" to the U.S. to turn them trans.
November 4, 2022
Report: Trans Detainee Was Put in Solitary After Assault
The trans immigration detainee reported being sexually assaulted by her roommate, and now activist groups say her move to solitary confinement is a form of punishment for speaking out.
August 11, 2014
Kamala Harris triumphs in debate as unhinged Trump lies about transgender surgeries & immigrants eating pets
The vice president appeared powerful and in command of the night’s events. Trump? Not so much.
September 11, 2024
Immigration, Trans Advocates Call for Trans-Inclusive Reform
A new study from the National Center for Transgender Equality highlights the imperative for immigration reform to consider the struggles faced by undocumented transgender people.
October 4, 2013
What the LGBTQ+ community should expect from the Republican National Convention
Anti-transgender, anti-immigrant and other bigotry aimed toward marginalized communities will likely permeate the event.
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July 15, 2024
Op-ed: You Can't Cheer for Laverne and Boo Jennicet
A transgender woman and undocumented immigrant called out the President in a room full of LGBT advocates. Guess who the crowd sided with?
June 25, 2015
Answers sought in trans detainee's death
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.
August 23, 2007
Suspect Arrested in Murder of Calif. Trans Woman
Anaheim police have a suspect in custody in connection with the death of Zoraida Reyes, a transgender and immigrant activist found dead in June in Southern California.
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October 9, 2014
Obama's Trans Heckler: 'I Just Had to Send a Message'
A White House reception for Pride was interrupted by an undocumented transgender woman, claiming there can be no pride with trans immigrants facing daily abuse in detention centers.
June 24, 2015
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
WATCH: 5 Arrested at Rally to End Trans Immigration Detention
Powerful images from a boisterous demonstration to end the detention of transgender immigrants, organized by Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement under the hashtag #Not1More say it all.
May 28, 2015
Latinx Trans Woman Killed in Houston in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Maria Jose Rivera Rivera was killed in January, most likely by her intimate partner.
February 27, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene bizarrely claims FEMA 'hates Christians' because it aids trans women
The conservative is mad that FEMA is using Hurricane Helene relief resources to "house migrants." Her evidence? A discussion panel from a year and a half ago.
October 7, 2024
Chicago police release alleged cartel member suspected of shooting migrant trans woman
“They do not investigate these cases adequately,” says a local activist, while police say fear of the cartels is hampering their investigation.
March 19, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Transgender Woman Opportunity to Appeal Deportation
A federal appeals court should consider her case, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously.
May 11, 2023