Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024.
Vice President Kamala Harris once supported taxpayer-funded sex change surgeries for migrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, according to a 2019 campaign questionnaire.
Harris, then a U.S. senator for California and a Democratic presidential primary contender, told the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) she would ensure that individuals in prison and immigration detention would have access to “comprehensive treatment associated with gender transition” if elected president, according to an ACLU questionnaire unearthed by CNN. The 2024 presidential nominee, who has notably shifted to the center in recent days, staked out a number of far-left positions when responding to the 2019 questionnaire.
“It is important that transgender individuals who rely on the state for care receive the treatment they need, which includes access to treatment associated with gender transition,” Harris responded at the time to the ACLU. The then-California senator in her response touted her past work to push the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide gender transition surgery to state inmates.
“I support policies ensuring that federal prisoners and detainees are able to obtain medically necessary care for gender transition, including surgical care, while incarcerated or detained,” she continued. “Transition treatment is a medical necessity, and I will direct all federal agencies responsible for providing essential medical care to deliver transition treatment.”
Beyond providing government-funded sex change surgeries for illegal migrants who believe they are a different gender, Harris also answered in the affirmative when asked by the ACLU if she would dramatically reduce ICE funding. The former California senator claimed the immigrant detention system was “out of control” and touted her past legislative efforts to decrease funding to the agency. […]
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