Federal immigration authorities have rescinded a policy that provided protections and affirming health care for transgender people held in the Aurora detention center, part of a broader push by the Trump administration to end those guardrails across the country.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials ended the policy earlier this month in a memo amending ICE’s contract with the GEO Group , which operates the Aurora facility. The rescinded plans , instituted in late 2022, required that detainees who were already receiving gender-affirming care continue to receive it while in the facility; that transgender detainees be housed in either specialty units or in areas that match their gender identities; and that facilities establish committees to oversee the detention and treatme

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