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Transgender woman married to U.S. citizen detained at probation check-in and sent to all-male facility in Miami

February 2025·Location: Maryland

Transgender woman married to U.S. citizen detained at probation check-in and sent to all-male facility in Miami
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In Maryland, ICE agents arrested a transgender woman married to a U.S. citizen after she appeared for a routine probation check-in. She was then transferred to an all-male detention facility in Miami even though her lawyers said they had provided a passport listing her gender as female. When her attorney objected to her being held with men, ICE responded in writing that "as per executive order, your client's immutable, biological, classification is that of a male." The White House later posted about her case on social media, and her lawyers say they no longer know her current location.

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