Johana Medina Leon

Under Biden, ICE policy now calls for releasing pregnant people and families detained together. House members and advocates want that same consideration for trans people and people living with HIV.

Rep. Mike Quigley is behind a letter with over 40 Democrat signatures that requests that ICE either complies with its own regulations or release all trans inmates.

Hong Kong-born trans man Yuen “Chin” Tzu has been transferred to a different facility after he spent 19 months in a tiny cell with poor medical care.

She came seeking asylum to escape violence as a trans woman, but ICE denies responsibility, saying she was just “an individual who illegally enter[ed] the United States with an untreated, unscreened medical condition.”