The Trump administration has reversed longstanding federal policies that protected transgender people in immigration detention, eliminating recognition of their gender identity and specialized care requirements. Under new rules stemming from Trump's January executive order on "biological truth," ICE now classifies transgender detainees strictly by their seggs assigned at birth and has dismantled the comprehensive 2015 Transgender Care Memorandum that previously governed housing, medical care, and protection protocols. The policy shift removes requirements for individualized detention plans, specialized committees, respectful treatment, and data collection on transgender detainees, despite a congressional mandate to track this vulnerable population. The changes affect detention facilities nationwide and have significant implications for private prison corporations contracted by ICE. Internal documents show that as recently as last year, 12 detention centers across multiple states inc...