Tag: Jennicet Gutierrez
ICE finally releases Asian trans man from solitary confinement after 19 months
Earlier this month, Yuen “Chin” Tzu, a trans man from Hong Kong, was released from the Irwin County Immigration Detention Center in central Georgia where he had been held for 19 months in solitary confinement. Although he has since been relocated to a detainment facility in Dallas, Texas, the fate of his deportation proceedings remain unclear.
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) pressed for Tzu’s release (and for an end to trans solitary confinement in general) using a...