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The American Civil Liberties Union, the Casa Cornelia Law Center and a private law firm are challenging the federal government's detention in Otay Mesa of a transgender immigrant who was granted asylum in May.
According to the petition filed in federal court in San Diego Thursday, Oscar “Diana” Santander Leyva was tortured by police and other officials in Mexico, her native country. She came to the United States illegally in 2004, according to the ACLU. In March 2007, she was incarcerated following prostitution and trespassing convictions, and the next month placed in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation...
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