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New York Republicans erupted at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Thursday for refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security — following the murders of an 83-year-old veteran and 18-year-old college student by illegal immigrants.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis slammed Schumer for refusing the fund DHS. AP
Sheridan Gorman was allegedly killed by an illegal Honduran migrant. Instagram / @sheridang.gormanThe meeting of the congressional delegation from New York was scheduled to discuss MTA issues, but Reps. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) and Mike Lawler (R-NY) tore into Schumer.
Malliotakis told The Post that she confronted Schumer as he left: “An 83-year-old veteran shoved on the tracks by an illegal immigrant just died — and you guys don’t want to fund ICE.”
“I said, ‘Chuck, pass the Homeland bill, stop screwing around … enough already!'” Lawler also told The Post. “He said, ‘You guys should agree to fund TSA.’ I said, ‘We have and now you have an 18-year-old girl dead because you don’t want to fund immigration enforcement.'”
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