Immigration authorities may start housing transgender detainees based on the gender they identify with following criticism about detention conditions for the population. U.S. Immigration and

Customs Enforcement released proposed guidelines Monday that say staff should consider a transgender detainee’s preferences when making decisions about housing and clothing and what

pronouns to use. Andrew Lorenzen-Strait, ICE’s deputy assistant director of custody programs, says the agency will track data about transgender detainees and could house transgender women in

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