The IAH Secure Adult Detention Facility, which is operated by ICE – Photo: Facebook. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released two asylum seekers living with HIV from a Texas detention facility after LGBTQ advocates expressed concerns over the men’s health and safety, especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The men, known by the pseudonyms “Iván” and “Ramón, fled to the United States seeking asylum after being persecuted in Cuba because of their political activism protesting some of the Communist regime’s policies, as well as their sexual orientation and HIV status.
They have been held in the IAH Secure Adult Detention Facility in West Livingston, Texas, since October 2019. The LGBTQ organizations Lambda Legal and
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