DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransPeople</span></a> Have Disappeared From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> Records, Against Congressional Orders<br> <br>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration has made efforts to "erase" <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> people, who face violence and medical neglect behind bars. </p><p>by Matt Sledge, July 11 2025</p><p>"President Donald Trump’s administration has vanished another inconvenient fact: the number of transgender people in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a>.</p><p>"Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly stopped reporting how many transgender people it keeps locked up in February, as the total population of immigrants in detention soared and the agency rescinded protections for trans people. </p><p>"The move follows Trump’s executive order in January to essentially stop recognizing that trans people exist. According to the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, it appears to run afoul of a congressional mandate to report how many transgender and other vulnerable people are being kept in immigration detention.</p><p>"The move has complicated advocates’ efforts to keep trans immigrants safe behind bars, where they face a heightened risk of violence and medical neglect.</p><p>" 'It’s part and parcel of a larger effort to really erase trans people,' said Bridget Crawford, the director of law and policy for the nonprofit advocacy group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationEquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationEquality</span></a>. 'They are not even willing to try to track the trans population, despite the congressional mandate.'</p><p>"Her group released a survey last year finding 'systemic' mistreatment of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HIVPositive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIVPositive</span></a> people in immigration detention. About one third of the respondents reported sexual and physical <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/harassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harassment</span></a>, and nearly all reported verbal abuse, including threats of violence. Most said they received inadequate medical care or were denied care outright.</p><p>"Congress directed the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of ICE, to report the number of transgender people in detention starting in 2021, according to the Vera Institute."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/ice-transgender-immigrants-data-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/11/ic</span><span class="invisible">e-transgender-immigrants-data-trump/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/azYR7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/azYR7</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEKidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEKidnapping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransErasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransErasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICERaids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICESucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICESucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineteenEightyFour</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>