Forthcoming Regulations Will Mean Increased Protections for Transgender Detainees

by Ashland Johnson, Esq. | Oct 3, 2013 | Uncategorized | Asylum, Immigration, Immigrants, Department of Homeland Security, DHS

As Congress considers overhauling and repairing our broken immigration system, NCLR has been committed to identifying areas where LGBTQ immigrants are especially vulnerable and working to ensure those issues are addressed. Detention facilities and standards for transgender detainees is one such area of heightened vulnerability. Immigrants in the U.S. are detained in detention facilities for a number of reasons, including non-punitive reasons like while they are seeking asylum or refugee...

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