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Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
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October 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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When they tried to report abuse and assault, their complaints were persistently ignored they alleged. And they faced retaliation, they said: solitary confinement, beatings, more sexual harassment. “It’s devastating and heartbreaking, everything that they do to us in here,” Renteria-Gonzalez said.
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When they tried to report abuse and assault, their complaints were persistently ignored they alleged. And they faced retaliation, they said: solitary confinement, beatings, more sexual harassment. “It’s devastating and heartbreaking, everything that they do to us in here,” Renteria-Gonzalez said.
A fourth detainee, identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe, is a cisgender, queer woman who said that Reyes forced her to perform oral sex on him on a “near daily basis” between February and May 2024, threatening to kill her if she refused, according to a legal complaint submitted to DHS and ICE.
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A fourth detainee, identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe, is a cisgender, queer woman who said that Reyes forced her to perform oral sex on him on a “near daily basis” between February and May 2024, threatening to kill her if she refused, according to a legal complaint submitted to DHS and ICE.
Another trans detainee, Monica Renteria-Gonzalez, complained that a stripper chemical he was told to use to clean the facility floors seeped through his fabric shoes and burned the skin of his feet. While he was bent over cleaning, he said, Reyes came up from behind and inappropriately touched him.
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Another trans detainee, Monica Renteria-Gonzalez, complained that a stripper chemical he was told to use to clean the facility floors seeped through his fabric shoes and burned the skin of his feet. While he was bent over cleaning, he said, Reyes came up from behind and inappropriately touched him.
Kenia Campos-Flores alleged that they were persistently sexually harassed by the assistant warden who entered their dorm and stole underwear. They felt vulnerable speaking out. “But I have my 12yo son. He is also gay... and I don’t want him to experience anything like what I have experienced"
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Kenia Campos-Flores alleged that they were persistently sexually harassed by the assistant warden who entered their dorm and stole underwear. They felt vulnerable speaking out. “But I have my 12yo son. He is also gay... and I don’t want him to experience anything like what I have experienced"
I was treated worse than an animal,” said Mario Garcia-Valenzuela, a trans man detained said an assistant warden forced him to move heavy cabinets and cinder blocks, back and forth. When he complained of injuries he said, the warden and other staff forcefully stripped him naked and mocked him.
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I was treated worse than an animal,” said Mario Garcia-Valenzuela, a trans man detained said an assistant warden forced him to move heavy cabinets and cinder blocks, back and forth. When he complained of injuries he said, the warden and other staff forcefully stripped him naked and mocked him.
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The Guardian has been tracking DHS detention statistics, and we found that DHS stopped publishing any data on trans detainees as soon as the Trump admin took office
October 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Guardian has been tracking DHS detention statistics, and we found that DHS stopped publishing any data on trans detainees as soon as the Trump admin took office
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The recent separations echo the “zero tolerance” policy of the first Trump administration, when the US systematically separated more than 5,600 migrant children from their parents and caregivers at the US-Mexico border.
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Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’
Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again as a retaliatory measure
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October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The recent separations echo the “zero tolerance” policy of the first Trump administration, when the US systematically separated more than 5,600 migrant children from their parents and caregivers at the US-Mexico border.
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In several cases, officials have retaliated against immigrants who challenged deportation orders by separating them from their children, a Guardian investigation found.
The officials misclassified the children as “unaccompanied minors” before placing them in government-run shelters or foster care.
The officials misclassified the children as “unaccompanied minors” before placing them in government-run shelters or foster care.
October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In several cases, officials have retaliated against immigrants who challenged deportation orders by separating them from their children, a Guardian investigation found.
The officials misclassified the children as “unaccompanied minors” before placing them in government-run shelters or foster care.
The officials misclassified the children as “unaccompanied minors” before placing them in government-run shelters or foster care.