transgender asylum seekers

The Trump administration wants to eliminate court hearings for transgender people, abused women, and civilians targeted by armed groups.

The lawsuit demands the release of all transgender detainees currently being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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.”

Many trans asylum seekers are languishing in detention because they don’t have a sponsor in the United States.

Less than three weeks after arriving in America, she was dead. Honduran gang members didn’t kill her; ICE did.