Across Colorado and Arizona, LOOKOUT identified at least 20 trans women detained. Many are not receiving their life-saving medications.
Karla Saenz alleges neglect and transphobia, but also found fortitude and solidarity inside a detention camp.
As Phoenix cracks down on outreach in public parks, advocates, doctors, neighborhood leaders and unhoused residents share concerns over what comes next, and question if the city is helping anyone.
Genesis says she was restrained and interrogated for hours after being accused of soliciting sex. Her account, shared with Rep. Yassamin Ansari, adds to growing allegations of abuse inside Eloy Detention Center.
As federal officials increase scrutiny of humanitarian programs, immigrants with U visas, DACA and other protections face new uncertainty.
More than half a million people in the U.S. are DACA recipients. According to recent numbers, nearly 11% are queer and face uncertainty.
Often led by queer members, Southern Arizona’s community defense, mutual aid and ICE watch crews are responding to Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown.
Arizona lawmakers and advocates warn her continued detention at Eloy, despite severe medical decline and a history of leukemia, amounts to a “death sentence” as pressure mounts on federal officials to grant humanitarian parole.
A pregnant woman says repeated pleas for medical care were ignored at Eloy Detention Center.
Held for weeks in a men’s unit at Eloy, she was denied hormone therapy and other medical care before a judge ordered her release.
Advocates say the Phoenix organizer complied with immigration requirements and suspect her detention as retaliatory.
Pima County’s top cop says he doesn’t tell his deputies to enforce federal immigration laws. A court case says deputies handed over people, anyway.
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