Texas Congressman Chip Roy Likens Supreme Court Razor-Wire Removal Decision to Pro-Slavery Ruling

Republicans say states can defend themselves from a migrant ‘invasion.’ Democrats say that’s a ‘crackpot’ legal theory.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks during a House Rules Committee meeting on measures giving working Americans and small businesses more health coverage options, protecting fiscally responsible people from being punished with higher mortgage fees, and condemning moves to use public school facilities to house illegal migrants in Congress in Washington on June 20, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) compared the recent Supreme Court decision permitting federal officials to cut razor-wire fencing on the Texas border with Mexico to the court’s infamous decision that upheld slavery and helped precipitate the Civil War.

The comment by Mr. Roy, who has also urged his home state to ignore the court’s order, came at a Jan. 30 meeting of the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government about the current crisis at the border. He is chairman of the subcommittee.