At a press conference this week, Phoenix-based Transqueer Pueblo, which advocates for migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, demanded the release of ArbellaRodríguez Márquez from the ICE detention center in Eloy.
Yari, as she’s known to family and friends, is a permanent U.S. resident and battlingleukemia. She’s been held in ICE custody for the past nine months.
Arizona Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari condemned her detention, adding that reported abuses of migrants throughout the ICE detention system nationwide have become widespread.
At least 20 people have died in ICE custody this year, according to federal data—nearly four times the number of migrants who died in federal custody during the Biden administration. ##
