LGBTQ Immigrant Detainees Reported Sexual Assault At Higher Rates
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained transgender women in all-male facilities and locked them up on average for more than twice as long as immigrants overall, according to figures the agency provided to Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.). The figures ICE shared with Rice shed light on how LGBTQ immigrants are treated in such facilities at a time when the Trump administration is seeking to dramatically expand detention ― including for asylum-seekers and LGBTQ people who may be uniquely vulnerable to sexual abuse. ICE doesn’t publish annual reports on allegations of sexual assault or treatment of LGBTQ people within its detention centers […]