Deleting Rape Protections of Detained Transgender Immigrants
I read an article by Whitney Curry Wimbish for American Prospect Magazine about how the Trump administration has deleted protections against rape of detained transgender immigrants in immigration prisons.
Wimbish writes in her article (https://prospect.org/2026/01/14/ice-trump-rape-protection-trans-immigra…):
"The Trump regime is erasing the scant protections in place for transgender people in immigration prison, including safeguards against rape, a review of new contract modifications between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private prison companies shows.
As of January 5, multiple detention centers revoked safety measures and halted medical care for transgender prisoners, including at Bluebonnet Detention Facility and El Valle Detention Facility, both in Texas and run by Management & Training Corporation; Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center and New Mexico’s Torrance County Detention Facility, both owned and operated by CoreCivic; and Folkston ICE Processing Center in Georgia...
...Trans asylum seekers are typically in the U.S. because they’ve already endured 'incredibly high levels of sexual assault,' repeated beatings, and attempted murder in their home countries, Crawford said...
...The Human Rights Campaign, for example, found that transgender prisoners and prisoners living with HIV are especially vulnerable; the federal government itself found in 2014 that 40 percent of transgender prisoners reported they had endured sexual abuse, compared to 14 percent of gay, lesbian, and bisexual prisoners, and 3.1 percent of non-LGBT people."
REFERENCES
"Trump Ends Rape Protections for Trans Inmates in ICE Facilities and U.S. Prisons" by Greg Owen for LBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/ends-protections-for-trans-inmates-…
"Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody" by Christopher Wiggins for The Advocate
https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-detainees-danger-ice-custody
"Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025" by the ACLU
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/trump-immigration-trans-right…
"ICE is Excluding Date on Transgender People in Detention" by Vera
https://www.vera.org/news/ice-is-excluding-data-on-transgender-people-i…
"Protecting Transgender Immigrants in Donald Trump's America" by Jacob Maguire for Pennsylvania State University and SSRN
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6052614
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Thanks Jean. I appreciate your encouragement.
I found out about this issue by accident when I was doing research on immigrants detained by ICE. It's scary what's happening in these detention centers that we don't know about.
Angelo, always enjoy your education ! Trump is only accepting of a male, female, white society. Anything different threatens him.