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Trans Women in ICE Custody Already Suffered Sexual Harassment and Abuse. Then Came COVID-19

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

Members of the LGBTQ+ community, and particularly trans individuals, in ICE detention have long complained of persistent sexual harassment, with reports showing that LGBTQ+ people are 97 times more likely to be victimized within detention than other detainees. Now, the pandemic has magnified those vulnerabilities, with experts and advocates warning that the lockdown of facilities is making it harder for victims to escape abuse since they are often locked up with their aggressors.

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The death of a migrant teen in CBP custody has raised more questions

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez was a 16-year-old asylum seeker who was taken into CBP custody. When he had a 103 degree fever and the flu, a medical professional said he should be monitored in the next two hours and taken to the hospital if his condition worsened, but instead he was left in his cell. He died and was discovered four hours later by his cellmate. CBP’s news release reports, saying he was found by staff during a welfare check and was checked on throughout the night, contradicts the cellblock video, which shows Carlos collapsing and writhing on the floor for 25 minutes before becoming still and undiscovered for four 4 and a half hours. CBP officials have not explained why the nurse’s recommendation was ignored, but reported that Carlos’s death is being investigated.