Recently, migrants seeking asylum have been crossing into the US through the southern border states. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have had their hands full.
Sometimes, CBP agents at locations like the Texas border may have to process as many as 13,000 immigrants per week. So, Rosendale was naturally surprised that higher-ups were breathing down the necks of patrol agents.
The CBP memo in question compulses agents not to address any migrant with a gender pronoun until the individual specifies one.
The document under contention is an internal memo of the CBP. The memo went public after the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project (HFOP) sent it to Fox News Digital.
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The main contention of Rep. Rosendale with the memo is its actual intent. In his opinion, sensitivities surrounding the gender pronoun of an illegal immigrant are the last thing that a CBP agent should worry about.
While the biological sex of the immigrants is essential for documentation, Rosendale feels their preferred gender pronouns are not a priority. Allowing immigrants to impose their preferred pronouns on patrol agents may make identification difficult.
More importantly, repeat offenders of illegal border crossings may get away using a different gender identity as an alibi.
However, to avoid jumping the gun, Rep. Rosandale wrote to US Secretary Alejandro Mayorka. The goal of his letter was to find out the motivation of the CBP for giving its agents such directives as is contained in the memo.
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The Rep. also wanted to know the White House and Homeland Security’s complicity in the memo’s directives. However, Rep. Rosendale of Montana was one of many officials to sign the letter. Mary Miller and Andy Biggs, representatives of Illinois and Arizona, respectively, also signed Rosendale’s letter.
Going into the details of the CBP memo it directs patrol agents to use generic greetings when addressing a member of the public. By public, the memo probably means migrants.
So, agents will have to address first-contact migrants with greetings like “good morning” or “good afternoon.” They are to under no circumstance use “him, he, her, she, her” when addressing a migrant for the first time.
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The memo also mentions that if an agent addresses a migrant with an incorrect pronoun in error, they must acknowledge the mistake and apologise.
The concluding portion of the memo then lists and defines several terms that essentially apply to the LGBTQI+ community. Some of the terms are: gay, gender identity, bisexual, lesbian, queer, non-binary, transitioning, transgender male, and transgender female.
Looking at the entire scenario, the CBP memo on the gender rights of immigrants may just be clashing with the migrant crisis at the US southern borders. It may not necessarily mean that the Biden administration is not particular about ending the situation.
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