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Judge orders release of migrant trans woman held in male section of ICE facility
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A Mexican transgender migrant seeking asylum in the U.S. after allegedly being abducted and raped by cartel members has been ordered released from an all-male Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility by a federal judge on due process grounds.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio, a President Joe Biden appointee, ordered the migrant released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, ruling that the asylum seeker had been deprived of liberty without proper procedural safeguards.
The migrant, a 24-year-old transgender woman identified as “O-J-M” in court documents, was arrested outside a Portland courtroom last month and transferred to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington.
Judge Amy Margaret Baggio speaks during her Senate judiciary nomination hearing. Baggio ordered ICE to release a transgender asylum seeker who was held for over 40 days in a men’s facility after being arrested outside a Portland courtroom. (U.S. Senate)
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The nonprofit Innovation Law Lab, whose attorneys represent O-J-M, welcomed the move and decried the fact O-J-M was being held at a man’s facility.
“President Trump’s anti-transgender executive order forced her into a men’s facility, and into solitary confinement for her own safety, adding layers of cruelty to an already unconstitutional detention,” a social media post by Innovation Law Lab reads.
“OJM was detained for over a month simply for legally seeking asylum. Seeking asylum is lawful, and a human right. This is a huge victory for our trans and immigrant communities in Oregon.”
O-J-M’s attorneys said O-J-M was abducted and raped in Mexico because of gender identity and sexual orientation and was seeking asylum on those grounds.
O-J-M was arrested in Portland’s immigration court in early June after a judge granted the government’s request to dismiss the asylum case. O-J-M was then transferred to an ICE detention facility in Tacoma, Washington and held there for over 40 days.
But O-J-M’s attorneys filed a habeas petition, a legal motion asking the court to review whether the detention was lawful, saying they were not aware of their client’s location after O-J-M was taken into custody.
An aerial view of detainees exercising in an outdoor recreation area at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Under due process standards, especially in asylum cases, attorneys must be able to locate their client and ICE is required to notify or justify sudden detentions and transfers.
In O-J-M’s case, the judge found that ICE’s failure to provide timely, specific information about the migrant’s location and legal status violated fundamental procedural fairness. The judge had also demanded to know why it was deemed immediately necessary.
One of the migrant’s attorneys, Stephen Manning, of Immigrant Law Group, previously told OPB that O-J-M was processed into the Tacoma detention center, but he had not been granted access to her since her transfer.
O-J-M was arrested outside a Portland courtroom last month and transferred to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“They threatened to kill her because O-J-M is a transgender woman,” her habeas petition states, per OPB. “Fearing for her life, she fled and sought asylum in the United States in September 2023.”
Manning told Willamette Weekly that his client had not committed a crime while in the U.S. O-J-M has regularly checked in at ICE offices as instructed.
Oregon sanctuary laws prevent it from having long-term immigration detention facilities, and — aside from temporary holding cells at the Portland ICE office — the nearest immigration detention center is the Tacoma facility.
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Canadian Snowbirds air show thrills SF Fleet Week spectators, despite no Blue Angels: ‘Spectacular!’
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Did you hear it? That roar of jet engines over San Francisco.
The Fleet Week Air Show continued over the city’s waterfront Saturday. This year, no U.S. Military planes could take part due to the government shutdown, but spectators still enjoyed the show.
“This is the biggest party in San Francisco the whole year,” said Glenda McGovern from Healdsburg.
The party may be a bit smaller this year on San Francisco’s Marina Green but lots of spectators showed up to look up to the sky for the Fleet Week Air Show. It’s scaled down this year due to the government shutdown.
“We are here with the kids, have a good time. I don’t know what it’s going to be, no Blue Angels,” said Juan Mendoza from Richmond.
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“The Blue Angels are not going to be here, but do you know what? Canada’s Snowbirds are here,” said Maria Pereira from Orinda.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds stepped up as the star attraction and impressed the crowds with some daredevil stunts.
“It’s really awesome. We didn’t expect to be like this, spectacular. It’s more than what we expected,” said Tina Chung from Pleasanton.
Still, some small businesses, like Cochinita, were hoping for more.
“Right now, business is slow. Usually, this time last year, we had a big line of people coming by for food, burritos, tacos. Seems slow this year,” said Charlie Islas from Cochinita Food Truck.
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If you want a Marine drill sergeant on your case, check out Fleet Fest at Fisherman’s Wharf. Business leaders are pivoting with the weekend street party, featuring local military recruiters and lots of classic cars.
“We’re hopeful. We’re trying to manage expectations. Last year, thousands of people showed up. We expect a lower turnout, but people are excited to come,” said Bri Maughan, executive director of the Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District.
“I love it. I’m so happy people showed up, even though the government is shut down. It’s wonderful. I come every year. Even with the fog, I still come,” Pereira said.
If you missed the action Saturday, there’s still time to look up. The air show continues Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m.
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The Denver Nuggets still have a handful of preseason contests to go before the real regular season action gets underway later this month, facing two games on the road while staying at home for one to provide a few more early looks at what this refreshed roster looks like heading into the new year and the official 82-game slate.
Among those new names on the roster (or returning) getting adjusted through the preseason motions is veteran guard Bruce Brown, who comes to the Nuggets as a free agency signing this summer after being away for the past two seasons, and looking to be a part of another championship core as he was in 2023.
And in Brown’s mind, there’s one notable goal he wants to hit while being a part of the preseason action as he gets acclimated with Denver once again, and that’s building chemistry with the second unit.
“Just build chemistry,” Brown said of his biggest preseason goal. “The second unit, all new, playing with each other. We don’t have much time together, so we’re just trying to build our chemistry with the second unit.”
The bench unit in Denver looks vastly different than how it was left at the end of last season. Brown comes in along with other veterans like guard Tim Hardaway Jr. and center Jonas Valanciunas, adding a whole new layer of versatility and talent to the second unit.
But with those additions, also comes a learning period to build the necessary chemistry to fill out their ceiling. Preseason, of course, helps give Brown and everyone else on the floor a sense of what to expect for an in-game setting with a new and improved roster, and in turn, helps maximize what this bench unit has to offer.
As far learning the scheme or the Nuggets’ offense, Brown’s already comfortable playing within the Denver system that makes the work a bit easier during preseason. Instead, his focus lies upon being able to mesh with the teammates and talent that surrounds him.
“[It’s] not really much of an adjustment for me,” Brown said. “The plays are kind of the same, just different terminology… Just learning how to play off other great players.”
With a little less than two weeks until the Nuggets’ regular season opener arrives, they’ll have tons of time between now and then to keep building that aspired chemistry in the first and second unit through camp and preseason to get the new year started on a high note.
SEATTLE (AP) — Jared McCann scored with 3.8 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Seattle Kraken to a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.
Seattle Kraken 2, Vegas Golden Knights 1 (OT): Box Score
With time running down, Matty Beniers, who put the Kraken up 1-0 in the second period, ripped a shot from the left circle that bounced off goalie Adin Hill’s pads. McCann was positioned right on top of the crease and shot the rebound past Hill for his second goal of the year and his 400th career point.
KRAKEN WIN 🦑
Jared McCann scores with four seconds left in @Energizer overtime and records his 400th NHL point! #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/ZDURX0bZXC
— NHL (@NHL) October 12, 2025
Joey Daccord made 26 saves, with four of those in overtime. He has 61 saves through his first two games.
The Kraken have their first 2-0-0 start in team history.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored his league-leading fifth goal of the season for the Knights. Hill made 20 saves.
Each of Vegas’ first three games have gone beyond regulation. The Knights (1-0-2) fell 6-5 in a shootout to Los Angeles on Wednesday, then came from behind to beat San Jose on Thursday, 4-3.
Beniers scored at 7:58 of the second period with his first of the year and Seattle’s first on the power play, tucking in a back pass from Jordan Eberle just inside the right post past Hill.
Dorofeyev tied it 1-1 at 4:11 of the third on the power play. That was his fourth of the season with the man advantage, also a league high. He has all four of Vegas’ power-play goals. This one came on a shot from the left circle on a pass from Mark Stone.
It was just Seattle’s fifth win in 15 games against Vegas.
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Golden Knights: Visit Calgary on Tuesday night.
Kraken: Visit Montreal on Tuesday night to start a six-game road trip.
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