Rep. Chip Roy Defends Border Bill: ‘Absolutely Doesn’t Ban Asylum’
DEL RIO, Texas—The first in a slate of border security-related bills that Republicans hope to bring to the floor this year is largely a Title 42-esque action.
It’s also part of the assurance House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) gave to several GOP holdouts when vying for the Speaker position several weeks ago. He won the gavel on the 15th vote.
“We did make one of our kind of requests that we advance effectively the Texas border plan this year. And that we get votes on the Texas border plan,” Rep. Chip Roy told The Epoch Times, regarding the Speaker negotiations….