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Chip'd Off! Roy Rips AG Garland for Admin's Refusal to Enforce Border Laws [Watch]

By Eric Bolling Staff

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 04: House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) questions U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland during a committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. Facing a contempt vote in the House, Garland pushed back against false accusation that the Justice Department is behind the prosecution and subsequent conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump in New York, and that falsehoods and "conspiracy theories" are harming the rule of law. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Texas Rep. Chip Roy (R) unloaded on Attorney General Merrick Garland during a hearing on the Hill on Tuesday for the Biden Admin’s refusal to enforce border laws and policies.

Now, Americans are dead.

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“There’s a number of people here that I want to see if you can identify who they are,” Roy said. “What we have here in the bottom corner is a woman named Lizbeth Medina. She was found dead in a bathtub in Texas. Her mom found her, hoping to see her in a parade that night. She was killed by Rafael Romero, who was here illegally. On the bottom left, you have Laken Riley. She was killed by 26-year-old Jose Ibarra, arrested by U.S. customs and border protection after he unlawfully entered the United States near El Paso, Texas.”

“Up above, you have officers Richard Yarusso, 26 and officer Christopher Abreu, 26. Both were shot this last weekend by Bernardo Raul Castro Mato, a 19-year-old Venezuelan national apprehended by U.S. border patrol after he unlawfully entered the United States near Eagle Pass in July of 2023,” Roy added.

“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. In this case, law enforcement getting shot. Two young women who are dead. My question for you with respect to the department is, 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 and that we can protect the citizens of Texas from people unlawfully here who are committing crimes …. Do you say that Texas does not have a right to defend itself and to protect our citizens from murder by people who have come here illegally into the United States?” the congressman asked.

“I say, as the attorney general, and as a human being, that my heart goes out to the families, that these are terrible, terrible events,” Garland said. “I say secondly, as the attorney general, the way to stop people like this from coming into the United States is to give more resources to the border patrol so they can prevent it.”

Roy shot back, stressing the border crisis is not a money or resources issue.

“Mr. Attorney general, no, no … Money’s not going to solve the problem when the Department of Homeland Security and the President of the United States refuse to enforce the law, ignore the policies,” Roy said in response. “And Lizbeth Medina would be here alive today if we were following the law. Laken Riley would be here today if we had not released a killer onto the streets in United States of America through parole policies that this administration is advancing.”

Watch the exchange below:

President Biden announced an executive order for the southern border on Tuesday, but critics were quick to point out it still allows close to 1.75 million illegal immigrants into the country per year.



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