Chip Roy Breaks Down Republicans' Plan to Fund Mass Deportations
Our candid Q&A with the Texas firebrand.
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, we caught up with Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), the main architect and vocal champion of HR2, the wildly restrictive immigration bill that took up a ton of oxygen in the 118th Congress, to ask him about how the $120 billion incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune has proposed for immigration enforcement could be spent. Roy did not waffle, giving us a candid interview about how that money will be spent, and what will be cut to pay for it in the budget reconciliation process planned for early next year. Let’s dig in —