A new investigative report has revealed that California’s Medi-Cal program is providing full sex change treatments, including cross-sex hormones, breast implants, and preparation for genital surgeries, to homeless illegal aliens living in taxpayer-funded shelters in San Francisco.
The City Journal report details how shelters are housing illegal aliens from countries including Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, and Venezuela while refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
At St. Vincent de Paul’s MSC-South facility, the city’s largest shelter, which has a $66 million service contract with San Francisco, reporters encountered multiple illegal aliens receiving state-funded treatment.
One resident, “Lyca,” a Honduran identifying as a transgender woman, confirmed receiving cross-sex hormone therapy through Medi-Cal, saying simply, “Tengo Medi-Cal.”
Another resident, “Alondra,” also from Honduras and claiming asylum, was offered taxpayer-funded rent assistance for private housing but declined because he could not afford the ongoing costs.
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The City Journal reports:
Lyca, who wore long hair and red lipstick, was candid about this arrangement. He confirmed that he was an illegal immigrant and that the shelter doesn’t ask questions about immigration status. “Tengo Medi-Cal,” he said, referring to the state health-care program, which, under Governor Gavin Newsom, began providing “full scope” coverage to illegal aliens, which includes transgender procedures, or “gender affirming care.” He said he was receiving cross-sex hormone therapy—and bore the physical signs of having done so.
Alondra, a muscular man in a camouflage shirt and dyed hair tied behind his head, said he had been in the United States after claiming asylum. According to the translator, the city government had offered to pay first and second month’s rent on private apartments for him and Lyca. But neither accepted the offer—in Lyca’s case, because he might not be able to pay for the apartment after the second month.
At the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center, a self-identified transgender “woman” from Mexico named “Jacqueline” openly discussed receiving hormone treatments and breast implants paid for by Medi-Cal.
He stated, “Even though you’re undocumented, you can get them,” adding that the process requires therapy and hormones.
When asked about “bottom surgery,” a procedure that can involve castration and creation of a simulated vagina, he replied that he is “waiting for that one.”
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The Taimon Booton Navigation Center, which serves transgender, “gender non-conforming,” and “intersex” individuals, was also found to house groups of male-to-female transgender illegal aliens seeking the same medical treatments.
According to the report, word has spread through transgender communities in Latin America that “if you make it all the way to California, the government will pay for your shelter, hormones, and surgeries — no questions asked.”
Under Governor Gavin Newsom, Medi-Cal expanded to provide “full scope” coverage to illegal aliens, including sex change procedures classified as “medically necessary.”
The state does not check immigration status at these shelters, and employees confirmed they were instructed not to cooperate with ICE.
Neither the California Department of Health Care Services, which administers Medi-Cal, nor the shelters’ executive directors responded to reporters’ requests for comment.
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