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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Tuesday grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland over the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Texas to stop the state from enforcing border security measures.
Garland was testifying before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee during the panel’s annual oversight hearing when he was asked about the court being waged against the Lone Star state. During his remarks, Roy pointed to the deaths of Lizbeth Medina and Laken Riley, both of whom were allegedly killed by illegal immigrants.
In an effort to secure its border with Mexico and a surge in migrant arrivals, Texas has chosen to enforce immigration law as well as bus migrants to Democratic-led cities to relieve overwhelmed border towns. The Justice Department is suing the state over SB 4, which would allow local police to arrest illegal immigrants and for judges to order them deported.
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, left, grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday during a House hearing in which he asked Garland about illegal immigration. (Getty Images)
“What we have is a continued effort by the federal government to fail to secure the border of the United States and Americans are dying or getting shot… two young women are dead,” Roy said. “Do you believe that Texas has a right to defend itself and to ensure that people who are in this country are not here illegally?”
As attorney general, Garland said his heart goes out to the families of those killed by illegal immigrants.
“I say secondly, as attorney general, the…
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