If you haven’t had your daily dose of government waste, fraud and abuse, time to open wide. The federal government plans to spend an estimated $42 million in taxpayer dollars on a Texas detention facility for illegal aliens that includes a separate unit to house transgender people who are caught unlawfully crossing the U.S. border.

The facility will house up to 700 detainees, and will feature a separate 36-bed unit for transgender individuals, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) official. According to Fusion, “ICE officials estimate that there are approximately 65 transgender women in their custody on any given night.” READ MORE


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