CNN: Harris Tells ACLU Taxpayers Must Pay For Sex Change Surgery For Illegal Immigrants

CNN’s Erin Burnett and Andrew Kaczynski revisited a striking policy stance from Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign—her support for taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for detained migrants and federal prisoners—a position that could reignite controversy as Democrats face tough electoral battles.

In a recent discussion on CNN, host Erin Burnett and investigative journalist Andrew Kaczynski examined policy positions once advanced by Vice President Kamala Harris during her 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign. One of the most notable points was Harris’s support for taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for detained migrants and federal prisoners.

“Taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for detained migrants, she actually said she supported that?” Burnett asked, expressing disbelief at the proposal.

Kaczynski confirmed, “She both wrote and answered in the affirmative when she was asked this. And she said she also supported it for federal prisoners.”

Burnett emphasized the unusual nature of the position: “These are things that it would be hard to think that you would come up with—taxpayer funding gender transitions for detained migrants? And yet, as you say, written and verbally.”

These remarks have resurfaced at a time when Vice President Harris’s past policy positions are under scrutiny, potentially affecting her political standing and raising concerns for Democrats in competitive races. As judicial reforms and broader social issues remain key topics, Harris’s more progressive stances from the 2020 campaign may become a talking point in both primary and general election debates.