Rep. Chip Roy Defends Border Bill: ‘Absolutely Doesn’t Ban Asylum’

​​House Rules Committee member Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said during the panel’s four-hour Jan. 30 meeting that ending the federal health care worker vaccination mandate is “part of a bigger discussion that we should have regarding deference to the executive [branch] and to the bureaucratic state.” Win McNamee/Getty Images

DEL RIO, Texas—The first of a planned list of border security-related proposals that Republicans hope to bring to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this year is largely a Title 42-esque action.

It’s also part of the assurance that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) gave to several Republican holdouts when vying for the speaker position several weeks ago. He won the gavel on the 15th vote.