Trans Woman Seeking Asylum Dies After Six Weeks In ICE Custody
(World News Russia)

A transgender woman from El Salvador seeking asylum in the United States died Saturday at a Texas hospital four days after she was released by immigration officials, according to a report published on Monday by The Guardian. Johana Medina Leon, 25, complained to Immigration and Customs Enforcement about chest pains and was taken to Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas last Tuesday. ICE said Leon was processed for release on parole the same day. `This is yet another unfortunate example of an individual who illegally enters the United States with an untreated, unscreened medical condition,` said Corey A. Price, field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in El Paso....