AUTHOR’S NOTE

fn1 www.colibricenter.org

fn2 US Border Patrol recorded more than 7,216 deaths in the south-west border sectors of assumed migrants between 1998 and 2017 (https://www.cbp.gov/document/stats/us-border-patrol-fiscal-year-southwest-border-sector-deaths-fy-1998-fy-2017); Colibrí currently has records for more than 2,400 missing people last seen crossing the US–Mexico border (https://www.iom.int/news/migrant-deaths-remain-high-despite-sharp-fall-us-mexico-border-crossings-2017)

fn3 LA’s homelessness surges in six years by 75 per cent (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-how-we-got-here-20180201-story.html)

fn4 https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-transgender-community-in-2017; https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/us/transgender-women-killed.html