Esmeralda: A transgender asylum seeker speaks out against immigration detention

Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice. Kept in a segregated cell with other transgender detainees, Esmeralda never realized that her experience in detention would match the trauma of discrimination she had faced back home. But her story is also one of hope for change.

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One Response to “Esmeralda: A transgender asylum seeker speaks out against immigration detention”

Myfrogsnameisbob on November 25th, 2009 at 7:53 am

How can this happen …
How can this happen in the United States? How sad.

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