Twice-deported United cockpit suspect granted asylum after transgender persecution claim: DHS

A twice-deported Honduran national accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a United Airlines flight after allegedly claiming to have a bomb was granted asylum after telling immigration authorities he feared being killed in his home country because he was transgender, the Department of Homeland Security DHS confirmed to Fox News.Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, was granted asylum by an immigration judge after his third attempted illegal entry into the United States in 2019, according to DHS, which accused him of exploiting weaknesses in the asylum system.In an excerpt of his asylum application provided by DHS, Gomez-Alberto checked "Yes" when asked whether he feared harm or mistreatment if returned to his home country.TRUMP PUTS ASYLUM LAWYERS ‘ON NOTICE’ WITH NEW FRONT IN WAR ON FRAUDAn excerpt from Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto's asylum application shows him claiming he feared being killed by private citizens or police because he was transgender.(Courtesy Department of Homeland Security)"I am also afraid that I will be killed--either by private citizens or the police--in both of these countries because I am transgender," he allegedly wrote, according to the application."This criminal illegal alien attempted to storm the cockpit, hijack a plane, and claimed he had a bomb.

Thanks to law enforcement, he is now behind bars," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement."This twice-deported criminal illegal alien was allowed into our country because of a weak asylum system that allowed him to game the system."Gomez-Alberto was arrested after United Airlines Flight 2174 landed in New Orleans on Nov.

9, following the alleged attempt at a cockpit breach.MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO HIJACK UNITED FLIGHT SAYS IT WAS A DRUNKEN JOKERony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, a Honduran national DHS says was deported twice, was arrested following an alleged cockpit breach attempt aboard a United Airlines flight on Nov.9, 2026.

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