Immigration Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/issue_cat/immigration/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:36:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Immigration Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/issue_cat/immigration/ 32 32 Lorena Borjas https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/lorena-borjas/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:27:22 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15634 Lorena Borjas, a transgender Latina woman and well-known advocate who has helped countless transgender women like herself survive trafficking and other abusive situations. Based in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, Lorena has spent years walking the streets and supporting others to escape abusive situations, providing condoms and food, connecting the trans women she meets […]

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]]> Marichuy Leal Gamino https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/marichuy-leal-gamino/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:12:09 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15632 Content warning: Descriptions of sexual violence. Marichuy Leal Gamino is a transgender woman who was detained by ICE for over a year at the for-profit private Eloy detention center in Arizona. At Eloy, she was imprisoned with men and was raped by her cellmate. While in detention Marichuy reported experiencing sexual harassment, bullying, lewd comments, […]

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]]> Chin Tsui https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/chin-tsui/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:39:41 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15556 Chin Tsui is a trans man who is a survivor of human trafficking. He's been detained by ICE. We're working to #BringChinHome.

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]]> Marianna https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/marianna/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:06:48 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15106 Transgender Law Center won an appeal of the U.S. government’s order of removal for Marianna, a transgender woman who emigrated from Mexico almost 20 years ago.

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]]> Christina Lopez https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/christina-lopez/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:45:26 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15098 Christina Lopez, a transgender woman from Peru and a survivor of human trafficking, was first detained by immigration officials in 2014 and spent almost five years in ICE custody until she secured a special visa and was released in 2019.

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]]> Nicoll Hernández-Polanco https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/nicoll-hernandez-polanco/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:39:00 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15095 Nicoll Hernández-Polanco is a Guatemalan transgender woman who was detained at the behest of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an all-male facility in Florence, AZ.

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]]> In Re The Name Change of E.N.R.F. (formerly known as Doe v. Pence) https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/in-re-the-name-change-of-e-n-r-f-formerly-known-as-doe-v-pence/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:29:47 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15087 A transgender man prohibited from changing his legal name because of his immigration classification is suing Indiana state officials.

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]]> Roxsana Hernandez https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/roxsana-hernandez/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:16:09 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=14995 Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free have filed a Notice of Wrongful Death Tort Claim in New Mexico, the first step in holding all parties responsible for Roxsana Hernandez’s death accountable.

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