The White House avoided any mention of the alleged Texas murderer's previous deportations and illegal immigrant status, but took time to call for Congress to enact more gun control.
Press briefing with an update on the manhunt for the suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, and while she made no mention of his illegal immigrant status or the number of times he had been deported, repeated calls for Congress to ban AR-15 style firearms that she referred to as"weapons of war."
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 3, 2023.last Friday after a family member of the victims complained about him firing a rifle in the middle of the night. He then allegedly entered the neighbor's house with the rifle and fired at the individuals inside. Five of the ten people living in the home were killed.
A source from ICE told Fox News Digital about Oropesa's previous deportations, including that his last run-in with the agency was in 2016.The administration previously refused to comment on Oropesa's immigration status when DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was asked about it by NBC's Chuck Todd over the weekend.
"I won’t comment on it because it is an active case. The tragedy that occurred is … just absolutely horrific," Mayorkas said. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 19, 2023.
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