A trans asylum seeker was released April 23 from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody upon payment of a $10,000 bond, the San Francisco Public Defender's office announced.
Lexis Hernandez Avilez, 41, is a transgender woman who has been held in a Texas facility since a surprise ICE move from California on December 25, 2019. "ICE and the county officers knew how difficult detention was for me and had no compassion for the way they detained me and moved me around like I meant nothing,"