Ending Title 42 a ‘Dereliction of Duty’: Texas Rep. Chip Roy

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks at a press conference about the National Defense Authorization Bill at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 22, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

With illegal immigrant encounters at the U.S. southern border at the highest on record, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has said that ending Title 42 will cause even greater harm to Americans and those crossing illegally and that doing so is gross negligence by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

“That is a complete dereliction of duty, it is endangering the American people,” Roy told Steve Lance, the host of NTD’s “Capitol Report.” “For the people that are looking at this for the first time and don’t know what Title 42 is, it’s literally the only thing that is standing between us and a completely wide-open border.”