Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note argues that the legal and medical frameworks governing the treatment of transgender and transsexual immigrant detainees in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities are inadequate, leading to violations of their Eighth Amendment rights. It contends that the legal system's reliance on narrow medical definitions and outdated gender roles fails to protect these detainees from unsafe and inhumane conditions. The analysis emphasizes the need for comprehensive reforms to address housing, medical care, and staff training to ensure dignity and safety for transgender detainees.
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Health Law and Policy | Immigration Law | Law | Sexuality and the Law
Recommended Citation
Annette De La Torre,
Is Ze an American or a Foreigner? Male or Female? Ze's Trapped!,
17
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
389
(2011).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol17/iss2/7
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