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On December 28, 2016, Trans Lifeline was driving to Chicago after a trip to San Diego. They were hoping to make it home by the new year to celebrate in Chicago. During their journey, they ran into a border checkpoint on the Interstate 8 in Yuma, Arizona. The border patrol detained Nina because of her immigration status after being held at the Wellton Border Patrol Station for nearly 24 hours. She was then transported to Eloy Detention Center. Eloy Detention Center has a long history of civil rights claims, including sexual assault towards trans women and guard misconduct. Eloy is also a private for-profit prison. Since the Incident, hundreds took to social media to express their love and solidarity.
Nina Chaubal is the Co-Founder and Director of Operators at Trans Lifelinecame to the United States in 2009 as a student who then worked for Google. She then left her job at Google to pursue full-time activism in the LGBT community. Since then, she has dedicated the last 2 years working for Trans Lifeline which has helped nearly 18,000 people.
I met Nina for the first time at the Creating Change Conference in Denver Colorado early in 2015. I started volunteering for Trans Lifeline in December 2014 as an operator. My first impression on Nina was her openness and kindness. She’s easily approachable and always a joy to talk to. Working in suicide prevention is a difficult job to do, it requires massive amounts of patience; which is something Nina always has. Her peers are constantly talking about her in a positive way. Nina is the type of person who will drop everything she’s doing just to make sure that you’re okay, which is one of the qualities I admire about her the most.
While it is extremely difficult to push through the rush of emotions we are all feeling right now, the community really needs your help.
CLICK HERE to send an email to the ICE stating your concerns.
You cal also support by calling the Eloy, AZ Detention Center at (520) 464–300 using the script:
“Hi, my name is _____. I’m calling to express my concern about the continued detention of Nina Chaubal, DOB 9/15/1991. Nina is the co-founder of Trans Lifeline which has helped over 18,000 people in the last two years alone. She is married to a US citizen and is an integral part of our community. She does not represent a flight risk or danger to anyone. I urge you to release her immediately or have her transferred to the Santa Ana facility”
You can use the automatic mailer here or, email it to:
Lana.Khoury@ice.dhs.gov, Richard.a.rocha@ice.dhs.gov,Andrew.r.lorenzen.strait@ice.dhs.gov, LGBTI.Care@ice.dhs.gov,phoenix.outreach@ice.dhs.gov and klass.m.hubert@ice.dhs.gov.
Thank you for the support, as we continue to #FreeNina