Rep. Al Green on Thursday delivered a press conference with LGBTQ groups in Houston, Texas, where he demanded that the Department of Homeland Security provide hormone treatments and transgender procedures to illegal aliens. 

Greene joined forces with the Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus and the Houston-based Montrose Center “to address the maltreatment of transgender immigrants in ICE detention facilities,” his office announced in a press release.

“We cannot allow people to be punished because of who they are. I have had a history of experiencing this type of punishment simply because the color of my skin,” Greene said to kick off the press conference.

At one point in the press conference, Greene read a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, claiming that illegal aliens in ICE detention facilities are facing “hazardous conditions” because of the lack of gender-affirming care.

He further warned that the lack of “specialized medical care” for so-called transgender illegal aliens “can cause physical and mental health complications” and that “transgender women (men) in detention facilities have been placed either with men or in solitary confinement.”

Daron Perez, who serves as the TransWellness Program Coordinator at The Montrose Center, also spoke and said that one individual, described as a “a transgender Latino community leader,” was denied access to testosterone treatments while in ICE custody.

“Transgender immigrants should not have to wonder: Will I receive my hormones? Will my identity be respected? Will I be safe? Will anybody care? Being detained should never mean losing your dignity, your safety, or access to necessary medical care,” he said.

But seriously, who cares?

WATCH:

Greene: Dear Secretary Mullen, I write to express my deep concern over reports of hazardous conditions for transgender immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, detention facilities resulting from deliberate agency policies. Some things bear repeating. This is a result of deliberate agency policies, including the denial of medical care and removal of protections for transgender individuals.

In recent months, the federal government has halted the provision of specialized medical care for transgender detainees in at least 10 essential cities across the nation, which experts have warned can cause physical and mental health complications.

Additionally, the Trump administration ended a Biden-era policy of reserving detention center units for transgender women, as a result, transgender women in detention facilities have been placed either with men or in solitary confinement.

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In this country, if you engage in mortal combat with us, and if we should wound you, we will give you aid and comfort, knowing that you were there to try to take the lives of American people. In this country, if we can provide aid and comfort to the bank robber, to the person who’s engaged in mortal combat with Americans, we surely can provide aid and comfort to persons who have committed no crimes, who are in the care, custody, and control of the government, and who need medical attention.

Medical attention should not be denied any person, especially because of who you happen to be. We treat persons with other illnesses and other health needs on a regular basis in places of incarceration. We cannot allow the exception to this to become persons who are associated with the trans community.

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