Transgender women describe journey of fear in ICE detention in ArizonaLaura Gómez, April 30, 2016
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2016/04/30/transgender-women-ice-detention-eloy/83685642/Jaramillo's latest campaign is for Nayeli Charolet, a 28-year-old Mexican immigrant who has been detained for more than a month in an all-male unit at the Eloy Detention Center, located southeast of Phoenix.
Charolet is also a transgender woman and an activist in Phoenix with Trans Queer Pueblo.
"We want freedom for Nayeli," said Danissa Castello, 25, a transgender woman and friend. "We need her out here."
Inside Eloy, Charolet is exposed to homophobic and transphobic comments, and she's at risk of violence and abuse by both the male detainees she's housed with, and the guards, Jaramillo said.
Trans Queer Pueblo and Human Rights Watch have documented cases of abuse, discrimination and assault of transgender women at immigration detention centers nationwide. The main issue is that these women are housed with men, even though they identify as female.
