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Exclusive: Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill. called on the president Donald Trump’s Administration takes action against her condition.
In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital to the Department of Education and Justice, Miller appealed to the agency for an investigation after the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) said it would. Continue to allow trans athletes Competing in girls’ sports.
“I am writing to express deep concern about a recent decision by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which chose to blatantly ignore federal law and reject basic biological reality by allowing biological men to compete in girls’ athletic programs.
“I respectfully urge the Department of Justice and Education to investigate the actions of the IHSA and Illinois and take appropriate measures to ensure federal civil rights protections are supported.”
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Miller addressed the letter to Fox News Digital and provided a statement denounced Governor JB Pritzker.
“I am calling on Attorney General Pam Bondy and Attorney General Linda McMahon to launch an immediate investigation into IHSA and Illinois. IHSA Gov. JB Pritzker and the radical Illinois Democrats must be accountable to enforce abusive, anti-science gender policies.
Transgender athletes have been permitted to compete in women’s sports in Illinois since 2011.
After it was signed on February 5, Illinois became one of many blue states that openly ignored Trump’s executive order “exclude men from women’s sports.”
In a public letter to state GOP lawmakers last week, the IHSA said Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raul and the Illinois Department of Human Rights have declared that state law requires transgender athletes to participate based on gender identity. The IHSA cited the state’s human rights law as a barrier to ban biological men from women’s sports.
The letter came in response to a GOP lawmaker sending his letter to the IHSA in March to ask what the bodies would do to change policies after Trump’s executive order was passed.
Transflag and Illinois Governor JB Pretzker (Getty Images)
“The Illinois High School Association has crossed a dangerous line. By blatantly violating federal law and rejecting biological reality, they not only undermine the fairness of women’s sports, but also put the safety of young women at risk,” Miller told Fox News Digital.
A federal Title IX investigation is already underway in Illinois after Deerfield’s mother claimed that her daughter was forced to change in front of trans students. Deerfield Public Schools District 109 faces US investigation Ministry of Education The Civil Rights Bureau after Illinois mother Nicole Georgas shed light on the situation.
Georgas now tells Fox News Digital that he is worried about the future of his daughter’s movement due to the IHSA ruling.
“Imagine your daughter, give your life, train years of time, hours per week, for the championship state race, face men and win coveted scholarships. How fair is it?
Deerfield Public Schools 109 responded to the investigation in a statement to Fox News Digital, citing Illinois Human Rights Act on its protocol, as well as the IHSA.
“Deerfield Public Schools District 109 is governed by state law. Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits everything Public school district “We require students to be granted access to locker rooms and bathrooms that match their gender identity, as we discriminate based on gender, including gender identity,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, Maine has already seen the types of interventions Miller is looking for.
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In that state, federal funding was cut by the US Department of Agriculture. Ministry of Justice In order to continue to resist Trump’s orders, he launched a lawsuit against it. Maine launched its own lawsuit against the Trump administration over a fundraising freeze, and a federal judge found it unzen.
a New York Times/Ipsos Survey The vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, have discovered that they do not believe that trans athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports.
Of the 2,128 participants, 79% identified as women, biological men, said they should not be allowed to participate in female sports. Of the 1,025 people identified as Democrats or leaning towards Democrats, 67% said trans athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
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