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Activists identified the migrant as Roxana Hernandez and said she was part of a highly publicized caravan of Central American asylum seekers who traveled through Mexico to the U.S. border at San Diego last month. The effort drew the attention of Trump, who tweeted that they shouldn't be allowed to enter the U.S.Democrats suck!
Authorities listed the woman's name as Jeffry Hernandez when she was taken into custody in San Diego. She was later transferred to El Paso, Texas, and then to a detention center in New Mexico where she was housed in the transgender unit.
The woman had pneumonia, dehydration and complications associated with HIV so was transferred to medical facilities where she later died. Nineteen members of Congress on Wednesday sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, expressing concerns about how LBGTQ migrants are housed and whether they are protected from abuse and receive the immediate medical care needed.
"These individuals, particularly transgender women, are extremely vulnerable to abuse, including sexual assault, while in custody," said the letter signed by U.S. Rep. Kathleen M. Rice, a Democrat from New York, and 18 other U.S. lawmakers.
The letter asked the federal agency to use its discretion to release migrants considered at high risk for abuse so they are safe throughout their immigration proceedings.
The California-based Transgender Law Center and other groups also issued statements demanding that transgender people not be detained by immigration authorities.
In 2014, Hernandez illegally re-entered the U.S. a third time and was arrested and removed. Authorities say.
Authorities also say she was convicted of theft in 2006 and of prostitution, spreading HIV and other charges in 2009. Both cases were in Texas.
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