TLC wins #FreeChristina case after 5 year battle, sets precedent for trans survivors of human trafficking
(Albuquerque, NM) – Transgender Law Center celebrated this morning that Christina Lopez, a transgender woman from Peru and a survivor of human trafficking, has secured a special visa and will be released from immigration detention later today. She was first detained...
TLC wins asylum for transgender woman from Mexico
Last Friday, after 536 days behind bars, TLC client Marianna had her day in Court – and won. Marianna fought through tears and testified brilliantly during her three-hour hearing at Cibola Detention Center in Milan, NM, which ended with a grant of asylum by...
Nearly Two Months after Caravan of Asylum Seekers ask for Protection at the U.S.-Mexico Border, Transgender Women Released, 3 Gay Men Still Detained
The U.S. Government Should Honor Parole Requests of Gay Men Who Remain at Risk in ICE Custody En español (Chaparral, New Mexico)– Late September, the last transgender Central American woman who arrived at the US-Mexico border over the summer seeking asylum as...
TLC wins BIA (Board of Immigration Appeal) appeal for remand for trans immigrant to apply for asylum
(Virginia) – Late last week, Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, won an appeal of the U.S. government’s order of removal for Marianna, a transgender woman who emigrated from Mexico...
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