Detention Project Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/detention-project/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:05:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Detention Project Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/detention-project/ 32 32 25+ Trans Women Previously Detained by ICE, Trans and Queer Immigrant Activists Hold Service and Procession to Call on President Biden to End Trans Detention https://transgenderlawcenter.org/25-trans-women-previously-detained-by-ice-trans-and-queer-immigrant-activists-hold-service-and-procession-to-call-on-president-biden-to-end-trans-detention/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/25-trans-women-previously-detained-by-ice-trans-and-queer-immigrant-activists-hold-service-and-procession-to-call-on-president-biden-to-end-trans-detention/#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:46:21 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=16481 ‘No Pride In Detention’ Will Echo the Streets in front of the White House this Pride Month Washington, DC– Today, Wednesday, June 23, trans and queer leaders from across the country with the #EndTransDetention Campaign are in Washington D.C. to tell President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas to end the detention of trans people by […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/25-trans-women-previously-detained-by-ice-trans-and-queer-immigrant-activists-hold-service-and-procession-to-call-on-president-biden-to-end-trans-detention/feed/ 0 TLC wins #FreeChristina case after 5 year battle, sets precedent for trans survivors of human trafficking https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking/#respond Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:49:25 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14456 (Albuquerque, NM) – Transgender Law Center celebrated this morning that Christina Lopez, a transgender woman from Peru and a survivor of human trafficking, has secured a special visa and will be released from immigration detention later today. She was first detained by immigration officials in  2014, and has spent the bulk of her years since […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-freechristina-case-after-5-year-battle-sets-precedent-for-trans-survivors-of-human-trafficking/feed/ 0 TLC wins asylum for transgender woman from Mexico https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-asylum-for-transgender-woman-from-mexico/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-asylum-for-transgender-woman-from-mexico/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2018 23:22:42 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14240 Last Friday, after 536 days behind bars, TLC client Marianna had her day in Court – and won. Marianna fought through tears and testified brilliantly during her three-hour hearing at Cibola Detention Center in Milan, NM, which ended with a grant of asylum by Immigration Judge O’Hare. The immigration judge found that Marianna had a well-founded fear of future persecution on […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-asylum-for-transgender-woman-from-mexico/feed/ 0 Nearly Two Months after Caravan of Asylum Seekers ask for Protection at the U.S.-Mexico Border, Transgender Women Released, 3 Gay Men Still Detained https://transgenderlawcenter.org/nearly-two-months-after-caravan-of-asylum-seekers-ask-for-protection-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-transgender-women-released-3-gay-men-still-detained/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/nearly-two-months-after-caravan-of-asylum-seekers-ask-for-protection-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-transgender-women-released-3-gay-men-still-detained/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:58:38 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14083 The U.S. Government Should Honor Parole Requests of Gay Men Who Remain at Risk in ICE Custody En español (Chaparral, New Mexico)– Late September, the last transgender Central American woman who arrived at the US-Mexico border over the summer seeking asylum as part of a caravan was granted parole and released from the Cibola County […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/nearly-two-months-after-caravan-of-asylum-seekers-ask-for-protection-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-transgender-women-released-3-gay-men-still-detained/feed/ 0 TLC wins BIA (Board of Immigration Appeal) appeal for remand for trans immigrant to apply for asylum https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-bia-board-of-immigration-appeal-appeal-for-release-of-trans-immigrant-in-detention/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-bia-board-of-immigration-appeal-appeal-for-release-of-trans-immigrant-in-detention/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:58:44 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14065 (Virginia) – Late last week, Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, 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. In the appeal, TLC argued that the government violated Marianna’s due process, guaranteed […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-bia-board-of-immigration-appeal-appeal-for-release-of-trans-immigrant-in-detention/feed/ 0 Demand that ICE release LGBT migrants and #EndTransDetention https://transgenderlawcenter.org/demand-that-ice-release-lgbt-migrants-and-endtransdetention/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/demand-that-ice-release-lgbt-migrants-and-endtransdetention/#respond Sun, 13 Aug 2017 22:02:42 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13988 If you represent an organization that would like to sign on, please fill out our organizational sign-on form here.

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/demand-that-ice-release-lgbt-migrants-and-endtransdetention/feed/ 0 President Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s sentence https://transgenderlawcenter.org/president-obama-commutes-chelsea-mannings-sentence/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/president-obama-commutes-chelsea-mannings-sentence/#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:22:48 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13496 Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi issued the following statement about the news today that President Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence: “We thank President Obama for recognizing that Chelsea Manning deserves to be free. In its treatment of Chelsea, a transgender woman, the United States government has proven it cannot detain transgender people humanely. […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/president-obama-commutes-chelsea-mannings-sentence/feed/ 0 TLC client Athena Cadence takes on SF Jail’s Abusive Housing Policy https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-client-athena-cadence-takes-on-sf-jails-abusive-housing-policy/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-client-athena-cadence-takes-on-sf-jails-abusive-housing-policy/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:50:05 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13179 On June 1, 2016, after months of abusive treatment while in custody in a San Francisco jail, Athena Cadence decided to take matters into her own hands. She declared a hunger strike, refusing to eat until the San Francisco Sheriff allowed transgender women to be housed with other women and searched by women officers. Her […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-client-athena-cadence-takes-on-sf-jails-abusive-housing-policy/feed/ 0 Formerly Detained TransLatina Immigrant Women Share Experiences, Demands in Historic Meeting with ICE Officials https://transgenderlawcenter.org/formerly-detained-translatina-immigrant-women-share-experiences-demands-in-historic-meeting-with-ice-officials/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/formerly-detained-translatina-immigrant-women-share-experiences-demands-in-historic-meeting-with-ice-officials/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:12:11 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13068 Today, five transgender women who have survived immigration detention met with Alejandro Mayorkas, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, to share their stories of abuse in custody and to demand an end to the detention of transgender immigrants. The first-of-its-kind meeting comes weeks after ICE announced plans to open a new detention center to hold transgender […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/formerly-detained-translatina-immigrant-women-share-experiences-demands-in-historic-meeting-with-ice-officials/feed/ 0 TLC condemns new immigration detention center in Texas https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-condemns-new-immigration-detention-center-in-texas/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-condemns-new-immigration-detention-center-in-texas/#respond Tue, 24 May 2016 21:04:00 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=12980 This week, U.S. immigration officials announced they are opening a new detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, which will have a unit devoted to housing transgender detainees. While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have tried to cast this as a positive development for transgender immigrants, this new center is yet another […]

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