U.S. court: Transgender illegal immigrant cannot be deported to Mexico
Source: Reuters
US | Thu Sep 3, 2015 7:43pm EDT
U.S. court: Transgender illegal immigrant cannot be deported to Mexico
LOS ANGELES | BY DAN WHITCOMB
A transgender illegal immigrant who suffered years of sexual and physical abuse in Mexico cannot be deported despite a felony conviction because she is protected under international anti-torture conventions, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.
In granting Edin Carey Avendano-Hernandez the right to remain in the United States, a three-member 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that a federal immigration board that ordered her deported had mixed sexual orientation with gender identity.
The justices also disagreed with a finding by the Board of Immigration Appeals that recent anti-discrimination laws in Mexico had made it safer for transgender individuals to live there.
"Country conditions evidence shows that police specifically target the transgender community for extortion and sexual favors and that Mexico suffers from an epidemic of unsolved violent crimes against transgender persons," Judge Jacqueline Nguyen wrote for the 9th Circuit panel.
[font size=1]
-snip-[/font]
Read more:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/03/us-usa-immigration-transgender-idUSKCN0R32LC20150903