Calls for ICE to #FreeMarichuy After Failing to Respond to Report of Sexual Assault

Marichuy Leal Gamino grew up undocumented in Phoenix, Arizona and dreams of attending cosmetology school. For over a year, she has been detained at the Eloy Detention Center, a men’s detention facility run by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), in Eloy, Arizona. Gamino is transgender, and she has reported being raped by her cellmate. CCA and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have responded to her report completely inappropriately, and a coalition of groups are demanding her release using the hashtag #FreeMarichuy.