Trans women in Ice custody already suffered sexual harassment and abuse. Then came Covid-19
by Valeria Fernández in Phoenix, Arizona from US news | The Guardian on (#5AFTR)
LGBTQ+ immigrants say officials have failed to address discrimination, and that an inadequate response to Covid is compounding their misery
It was August, and Katalina stood sobbing in the middle of the cell at the La Palma immigration detention center. She tried not to touch anything - she had seen guards escort out a man who was coughing and trembling just minutes before.
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