Gonzalez Aguilar v. Garland "Kelly Gonzalez Aguilar is a transgender woman from Honduras. She came to the United States and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and deferral of removal. In support, Kelly claimed • past persecution in... Read More

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) issued further guidance to personnel on how to care for transgender individuals in custodial settings. “The Transgender Care Memorandum... Read More

"A transgender Guatemalan woman has been released from an all-male immigration detention facility after a judge in Arizona granted her asylum, attorneys said on Friday, in a case that gained nationwide attention and became a rallying point for immigrant... Read More

Geoffrey A. Hoffman , Clinical Assoc. Professor and Director of the University of Houston Law Center Immigration Clinic reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in an unpublished order, has remanded a Mexican transgender withholding... Read More

"Having considered the unique circumstances of this case, we find that, while it does not mirror the factual scenario of Matter of Lovo , supra, it is a variation of our finding in that case. ... [W]e find that the petitioner and the beneficiary... Read More

"The immigration judge (“IJ”) and the BIA erred ... in denying her application for CAT relief, ironically exhibiting some of the same misconceptions about the transgender community that Avendano-Hernandez faced in her home country. The... Read More

Adjudication of Immigration Benefits for Transgender Individuals; Addition of Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) Subchapter 10.22 and Revisions to AFM Subchapter 21.3 - USCIS, April 10, 2012 . Comment period ends Apr. 27, 2012. Read More

Stephen W. Yale-Loehr , Professor of Immigration Law Practice, Cornell Law School, writes: "Our Cornell asylum/ CAT appeals clinic just won a BIA remand in a case involving a transgender person from Mexico. A summary of the case and a redacted version... Read More

"Asylum, which allows an immigrant to live and work in the country legally, is more commonly associated with immigrants who have been persecuted in their home countries — or who might be in the future — because of their politics... Read More