DHS accuses 'activist' judge of pushing radical gender ideology by releasing trans migrant

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ripped a federal judge in Washington for releasing a transgender illegal migrant from detention, saying the release was caused by the judge bowing to activist pressure.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio, a President Joe Biden appointee, ignored the rule of law and promoted "gender ideology fanaticism" by releasing the migrant, a transgender woman who is claiming asylum in the U.S.

The migrant, identified by DHS as "Odalis Jhonatan Martinez-Velasquez, a male illegal alien from Mexico," entered the country in 2023 and was released under the Biden administration...