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The The briefing, which was open to congressio- spouses or relatives to make decisions on affidavit must also state facts and cir- nal staff and members, comes on the heels of behalf of incapacitated patients. cumstances demonstrating that the close Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Increasingly, however, individuals are friend has maintained regular contact with announcement this past June of new guidance relying on caregivers who are not a bio- the patient so as to be familiar with the concerning transgender detainees. logical or legal relative. People in non- patient’s beliefs. Prior to the release of the new ICE guidelines, marital relationships, including unmarried Grijalva and 34 other representatives (includ- couples and single individuals who rely on Key Considerations ing U. S. Reps. Mike Quigley, Luis Gutierrez and friends for support rather than relatives, The recent Supreme Court decision, Jan Schakowsky) sent a letter to Department should execute an advance directive to en- Obergefell v. Hodges, held that all states of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson sure that the person they want to be able must license and recognize same-sex mar- calling on ICE to limit the use of detention for to make health care decisions for them is riages, and thus, for a married incapacitat- LGBT immigrants. legally able to do so. However, advance di- ed patient, the patient’s spouse—regard- rectives are just as important for married less of sex—would become the patient’s In part, the letter reads, “Detention should couples because they ease the burdens as- health care surrogate in the absence of a almost never be used for vulnerable groups sociated with making difficult health care power of attorney. However, for couples such as LGBT immigrants facing immigration decisions on behalf of their spouse when choosing not to marry, the significant proceedings. Recent surveys of jails and pris- the incapacitated spouse’s wishes or be- other of an incapacitated patient will be ons by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found liefs are otherwise unknown or unclear. the last option on a long list of potential that non-heterosexual detainees experience U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva. Generally, advance directives are a set health care surrogates unless the patient sexual assault at up to ten times the rate of Official headshot of documents that express how you want has appointed his or her significant other heterosexual men. The situation is starker for medical decisions made if you are unable as his or her power of attorney Agent. transgender detainees.” for a transgender-only housing unit. Housing to make such decisions yourself. Included Thus, if there is no executed Durable Power Sharita Gruberg (Center for American Progress transgender women in a detention facility in in advance directives are living wills and of Attorney for Health Care, a biological senior policy analyst) and Raffi Freedman-Gur- the Mojave Desert—a four-hour round trip from Durable Powers of Attorney for Health family member will be able to make health span (National Center for Transgender Equality Los Angeles—isolates them from community Care. Both may be executed by any adult care decisions for an unmarried relative re- policy advisor for racial and economic justice support and access to counsel who can help of sound mind so long as they are execut- gardless of the existence and preferences initiative) provided attendees with an intro- them meaningfully present their claims to a ed voluntarily, signed, and witnessed. of his or her significant other. duction to immigration detention for LGBT in- judge. Without attorneys, these individuals are It is therefore extremely important to dividuals. six times more likely to be ordered removed to Living Will execute a Durable Power of Attorney for “Our immigration detention system is enor- a country where they fear persecution and tor- A living will provides for the withhold- Health Care whether you are married or mous and the number of people we detain is ture on account of their gender identity.” ing or withdrawal of “death delaying pro- single. If you are unmarried or if you pre- driven more by congress’s bed quota and the United We Dream policy analyst Zenen Jaimes cedures” that would serve only to post- fer someone to make health care decisions profit-motives of private prisons such as the Perez spoke about the next steps that activ- pone the moment of death if the patient for you that is not a biological relative or Corrections Corporation of America and Geo ists/advocates can take to end detention of has a terminal condition such that death spouse, the Durable Power of Attorney for Group,” said Gruberg in a statement to Windy LGBT individuals. is imminent. Such procedures may include Health Care provides the best security to City Times. “The result is even though this is “I think it’s time for advocates to really start assisted ventilation, artificial kidney treat- ensure that a close friend or significant a civil detention system meant only to ensure bringing the stories of LGBTQ people that have ments, and blood transfusions. However, a other will legally be able to make impor- individuals appear at their immigration court experienced detention to congress and the health care provider still has a responsi- tant health care decisions for you. The Du- hearings, we detain twice as many people each president,” Perez said to Windy City Times. bility to provide treatment to alleviate a rable Power of Attorney for Health Care is day as we did in 1998. Unlike the criminal “These issues are not nebulous and have real patient’s pain. an important resource for married couples justice system where 20-45 percent of people people behind them that are suffering.