- Four Border Patrol agents who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation believe that a recently proposed bill by Democrats in Congress will lead to migrants falsely claiming to be members of the LGBTQ community as a ticket into the country.
- Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington introduced the bill Thursday to limit immigration detention.
- “Someone told them in essence ‘just say you’re gay,’” the third agent said, adding “I think it’s a joke. No one gets special treatment down here. They are all breaking the law and have to go through detainment and processing just like anyone else.”
A bill congressional Democrats are proposing that would force immigration authorities to release migrants who say they’re part of the LGBTQ community would be ripe for fraud and abuse, four Border Patrol agents, who requested anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which was introduced by Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, would force federal authorities to not detain “vulnerable” migrants, including those who claim to be LGBTQ, according to the text of the bill. The four border agents, who all work along the southern border with Mexico, believe that migrants are likely to see this as a new opportunity to get released into the country and will lie about their sexuality or gender to do so, they told the DCNF.
“I’ve only seen a handful of LGBTQ [migrants], but if this is passed I guarantee everyone is going to be LGBTQ,” one agent told the DCNF.
The bill would “create a presumption of release and impose a higher burden of proof to detain primary caregivers and vulnerable populations, including asylum seekers, pregnant women, LGBTQ individuals, survivors of torture or gender-based violence, and people under age 21,” the congressmembers said in a joint statement April 20. The latest version is Democrats’ effort to reintroduce what they tried to pass in the last Congress when they held a majority in both chambers.
The text of the bill states that the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the only authority that can make an exception to choose to keep an LGBTQ migrant in detention.
Great. More gay people coming to America. Just what we need.
The synagogue of satan resides in DC.
Just the fact that this is so makes me incredibly enraged!!! Why does any sinful group of people have better treatment? This is such an evil administration catering to Satan!