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Politics
House Democrats call for release of trans & HIV positive detainees from ICE facilities
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.
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Politics
House Democrats call for ICE to release transgender detainees from ‘inhumane’ facilities
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.
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News (USA)
ICE finally releases Asian trans man from solitary confinement after 19 months
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.
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News (USA)
A second transgender woman held by ICE for weeks has died & they’re denying responsibility again
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.”