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**JANUARY 14, 2026**

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The Trump regime is taking away what little protections Immigration and Customs Enforcement prisons afforded transgender prisoners—most of whom are seeking asylum from the bigotry of their own countries, according to advocates. His revised contracts with various prison companies [link removed] strip out not only measures to prevent rape, but access to hormone therapy and other care trans people need, making the already traumatizing experience of the US asylum system worse and possibly deadly. As one advocate put it, Trump’s anti-trans and anti-immigrant policies are coming together to create an even more violent and hostile environment for people who are already vulnerable, and who came to America because they’re simply trying to survive. 

**–Whitney Wimbish, staff writer**

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ICE Deletes Rape Protection for Trans Immigrants [link removed]

The Trump regime is erasing the scant protections in place for transgender people in immigration prison, including safeguards against rape, a review of new contract modifications between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private prison companies shows.

As of January 5, multiple detention centers revoked safety measures and halted medical care for transgender prisoners, including at Bluebonnet Detention Facility [link removed] and El Valle Detention Facility [link removed], both in Texas and run by Management & Training Corporation; Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center [link removed] and New Mexico’s Torrance County Detention Facility [link removed], both owned and operated by CoreCivic; and Folkston ICE Processing Center [link removed] in Georgia.

A contract modification for the CoreCivic-run Laredo Processing Center [link removed] says “all transgender guidance provided here is hereby rescinded,” but does not specify what the guidance included.

Contracts say the purpose of the change is to comply with Trump’s executive order “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government [link removed]”; the changes also revoke all diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility language. The six contract modifications were among more than a dozen [link removed] released the same day, which also include one outlining terms [link removed] of a new school opening at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, as the

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