ICE: Transgender Immigrants to be Detained According to Genderhttp://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/06/29/ice-transgender-immigrants-be-detained-according-gender-identityThe Advocate/by Yezmin Villarreal 06/29/2015
"Less than a week after Jennicet Gutiérrez, an undocumented transgender Latina, interrupted President Obama at the White House during a Pride Month celebration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a new memorandum regarding the care of transgender women in immigration detention.
In the memo made public Monday, officials issued guidance for ICE personnel about respecting transgender individual's gender identity, directing staff to house transgender immigrants in sex-segregated housing that corresponds with the person's gender identity. That's a shift from long-standing ICE (and general prison) policy, which often sees transgender women housed with men, where they face a starkly elevated risk of sexual assault and harassment."
