Incoming border czar Tom Homan on Wednesday criticized Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson for criticizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its treatment of undocumented transgender immigrants in its custody. He said he had a “conflict” with Secretary of State Alejandro Mayorkas.
Homan signed. memo In June 2015, while serving as executive associate director for enforcement and removal operations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under former President Barack Obama, Mayorkas, then DHS deputy secretary, announced that Provided guidance on how to care for detainees of both genders. . Homan, “”tucker carlson show,Mayorkas said he “ordered” her to sign the memo, which led to a “huge dispute” between the two parties. (Related article: ‘They run our economy’: Los Angeles City Council member boasts city has ‘largest undocumented population’)
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“The main thing we disagreed on was transgender policy, and he wanted special treatment for transgender people in ICE custody,” Homan said. “I was ordered to sign the policy.”
Mr. Carlson asked Mr. Homan about the nature of the “special treatment.”
“Once we confirm that they are transgender, they are kept in our facility and isolated and given medical attention, whether it be hormone therapy or whatever,” Homan said.
When Carlson asked if Mayorkas “wanted the U.S. government to pay for his hormone therapy,” Homan conceded.
A 2015 memorandum required ICE to provide transgender detainees with access to medical care, including hormone therapy, “based on medical necessity.”
“We got into a big fight over it, and I was made to sign a memo, and that’s where we kind of fell out,” Homan said.
He also told Carlson that he would be surprised “how many” undocumented transgender immigrants end up in ICE custody, adding, “They want some level of protection from our facilities. ” he added.
President-elect Donald Trump selected Homan for a second term as border czar on November 10. During the campaign, the president-elect pledged to continue construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, reinstate the Remain in Mexico program, hire more Border Patrol agents and implement “the largest deportation program in U.S. history.” did.
DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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