Border Patrol Must Now Consider Gender Identity

October 2015 National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search are listed below:

The terms “illegal alien” or even “illegal immigrant” do not appear at all in a new 31-page instruction document. The new rules were published by CBP and according to the agency, “includes language on gender identity, which was not previously included in the individual component policies. Specifically, whenever feasible, officers and agents who conduct a search or are present at a medical examination must be of the same gender, gender identity, or declared gender as the individual being searched.”

More on the actual ways they must conduct the searches, transports etc:

Section 2.6: Ground Transportation and Escort Standards

Gender of Transporting/Escorting Officer/Agent

 

Whenever operationally feasible, transport/escort must be conducted by two officers/agents with at least one being of the same gender or gender identity as the detainee(s)

Section 3.4: Gender of Searching Officer/Agent

Whenever operationally feasible, officers/agents conducting a search or that are present at a medical examination, must be of the same gender, gender identity, or declared gender as the detainee being searched.

Section 4.2: At-Risk Detainee Determination Process

Before placing any detainees together in a hold room or holding facility, officers/agents shall assess the information before them to determine if the detainee may be considered an at risk detainee, or at risk of posing a threat to others. This assessment will include:

 

Whether the detainee has self identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or gender nonconforming;

Section 4.3: General Detention Procedures

Gender of Searching Officer/Agent:

 

Whenever operationally feasible, officers/agents conducting a search or that are present at a medical examination must be of the same gender, gender identity, or declared gender as the detainee being searched.

 

Gender Segregation:

 

Male and female adult detainees will be segregated at all times when in hold rooms. Particular care should be afforded to at risk populations, including transgender and intersex detainees. Exceptions may be made on a case by case basis, based on family unity.