Transgender women detained at the Cibola Country Correctional Center, NM — Image from ICE

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The Criminal Treatment of Transgender Asylum Seekers in the United States

Over the past four years, the Trump administration enacted an unprecedented reduction in the number of asylum seekers admitted to the United States, slashing admissions to a level approximately 16 percent of the cap the Obama administration offered in 2016. Transgender asylum seekers, who are already more at-risk than…