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May 6, 2019

Texas: Transgender Migrants Win Asylum Case
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A group of 10 transgender migrant women, who traveled to the U.S. as
part of a Central American caravan, are celebrating after they won their
asylum cases last week and were released from a migrant jail in Texas.
The migrants were represented by lawyers for the immigrant rights groups
RAICES.

Cataleya: "I feel extremely happy because my dreams have come true. I
won my asylum case. Thank you RAICES for all the help and support. Thank
you to my attorney Flor and thank you Dany for always supporting me. I
feel so happy because I know that I'm heading to my new life. My future
starts now".

Around 20 other transgender migrants who traveled in the same group are
still detained. RAICES has warned that transgender migrants face
additional threats and mistreatment both en route to the U.S. and while
in migrant prisons.


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