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Queer and trans people detained, deported to countries where they face persecution, or abused in custody.
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Renée Good, 37, a Minneapolis mother of three and poet, was fatally shot by an ICE agent while driving away after warning neighbors of an immigration operation. Her family has filed federal lawsuits over her death.
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Pietro Graza de Lima, who ran a small business in Orlando for seven years after fleeing violence in Brazil, won protection from deportation but was flown instead to Equatorial Guinea, where he lost contact with his lawyers.
Sep 11, 2026 · Orlando, FL
Wilmar Quintero, a 50-year-old transgender asylum seeker from Venezuela, said she was sexually assaulted during three months in Michigan detention before being deported in April 2025, and now hides in fear.
Aug 20, 2026 · MI
Daniela Fuentes, a 32-year-old transgender Cuban hairstylist and drag performer, was deported to the Central African Republic, a country she had never visited. She now shares a room with four other deportees and hides her gender identity out of fear.
Aug 31, 2026 · Miami, FL
Yan Vazquez and his husband Alex Gonzalez, a married Cuban couple working at SUNY Upstate, were detained after a hearing and held nearly four months apart. They are now out on bond.
Aug 29, 2026 · Syracuse, NY
Milo Yiannopoulos, a 41-year-old British former Breitbart editor, was detained at a New Orleans airport and deported to the UK within about 24 hours, despite holding a green card through marriage.
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