Immigration Reform News Today: ICE Announces New Guidelines For Detained Transgender Immigrants

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency announced new guidelines when detaining transgender immigrants.
A new guidance for ICE and the Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) called for three new elements in regards to the treatment of transgender immigrants in custody.
The first element is to appropriate data systems and update it to record an individual's gender identity. The second new guidance calls for "comprehensive" officer training and tools "to ensure an individual's gender identity can be identified early" while in detention.
Finally, ICE addressed its housing practices for transgender immigrants. According to ICE, the memorandum includes "a voluntary ICE detention facility Contract Modification," which calls for the creation of a facility-based multidisciplinary Transgender Care Classification Committee. The committee will be tasked to make decisions related to searches, clothing options, medical care and housing assignments and reassessments.
Read more:http://www.latinpost.com/articles/63077/20150630/immigration-reform-news-today-transgendered-immigrants.htm
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