A Warm And Fuzzy Sunday Story

I try to make Sunday my day to feel good towards my fellow man and think pleasant thoughts about how America is such a wonderful place to live for people of all races, creeds, national origins and sexes. So imagine the surge of good Christian joy I felt when I read that ICE and HHS now have a policy of providing free hormone therapy for transgender illegal immigrants in their custody awaiting deportation proceedings.

Ya can’t make this stuff up. It reminded me of the jokes about famous early transgender icon George Jorgensen, who traveled to Sweden, had surgery, and returned as Christine Jorgensen. “He went abroad, and came back a broad.” OK, it was crude, but it was funny. In our current situation, the illegals in custody came to America part-way through their “gender reassignment,” and ICE (under orders from HHS Secretary Napolitano) will make sure that nature doesn’t intervene and reverse the process.

The HHS/ICE manual states: “All illegal alien detainees shall be screened by a specially trained detention officer within 12 hours of their arrival at the detention facility.” The operations manual specifically states that the "screening shall ... inquire into a transgender detainee's gender self-identification and history of transition-related care, when a detainee self-identifies as transgender." In the event that the detainee is found to be taking sex-change hormone drugs, ICE shall continue the treatment at no charge to the detainee.

That’s comforting. We wouldn’t want Juanita morphing back into Juan while awaiting deportation, now would we? As the Democrats would say, “leaving transgenders helpless while in custody is part of the Republican war on [almost-] women.” Nearly all of the detainees undergoing treatment are male to female “reassignments,” though a few female to male types have shown up as well, prompting Chaz Bono to wonder if they’d like to dance with the stars.

The manual goes on to state: “Transgender detainees who were already receiving hormone therapy when taken into ICE custody shall have continued access. All transgender detainees shall have access to mental health care, and other transgender-related health care and medication based on medical need. Treatment shall follow accepted guidelines regarding medically necessary transition-related care.” Nobody at ICE or HHS is allowed to suggest that “transition” is a choice, not a right, and therefore should not be paid for by the taxpayers and performed by the government.

It is also comforting to know that as part of the program, ICE must also provide pregnancy counseling and support for pregnant female illegals, including routine and extraordinary prenatal care, adoption counseling, post-partum follow-up, and lactation services. This is a situation we don’t often see. The federal government encouraging live birth rather than abortion.

But fear not, abortion services are also provided, including a trip to a local hospital for a free (in other words, taxpayer-funded) abortion if the fetus is the result of rape or incest, or to protect the physical survival of the mother. Now why an illegal immigrant would want to abort or give up an anchor baby born on US soil is utterly beyond me. It’s her best guarantee of being allowed to remain in the country.

For the illegals, unlike Obamacare and Planned Parenthood, the ICE/HHS emphasis is on bringing the baby to full term, providing a healthy delivery, and keeping the baby. The manual allows for easy and free abortion, but objects to what conservatives have tried to provide for American citizens when the mother is making a choice. “In this instance, or in a situation where a female detainee opts to fund the termination of her pregnancy, ICE shall arrange for transportation at no cost to the detainee for the medical appointment and for access to religious counseling, and non-directive (impartial) medical resources and social counseling, to include outside social services or women’s community resource groups.”

So rest well tonight. The gummint is on the job, providing services for future drag show stars and plantation Democrats.