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Documented: A Queer Asylum Seeker’s Detention Nightmare

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After fleeing persecution in Guyana, a queer immigrant named A.B. was subjected to new trauma – detention in New York’s largest ICE facility, where LGBTQ+ identity is treated as a security risk.

Speaking with Documented, our VP of U.S. Advocacy & Litigation Anthony Enriquez comments on the long record of abuse at the Batavia Detention Facility in Buffalo, New York.

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