Illegal alien who allegedly made bomb threat on plane identified as transgender to obtain asylum, ICE confirms

An illegal alien who was arrested after allegedly claiming to have a bomb on a flight had been granted asylum to stay in the U.S. after claiming to identify as transgender, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed.

Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto allegedly tried to force his way into the cockpit of a United Airlines flight going from Newark, New Jersey, to New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday.

‘This twice-deported criminal illegal alien was allowed into our country because of a weak asylum system that allowed him to game the system.’

Pilots on the flight triggered a hijacking alarm, according to the Daily Mail, and Gomez-Alberto was taken into custody when the plane landed.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Gomez-Alberto had been deported twice after entering the U.S. illegally.