National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on April 2, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
During the speech later Tuesday, Trump is expected to discuss the killing of Ruby Garcia, a Michigan woman who was found dead on the side of a Grand Rapids highway on March 22.
Police say Garcia was in a romantic relationship with the suspect, Brandon Ortiz-Vite. He told police he shot her multiple times during an argument before dropping her body on the side of the road and driving off in her red Mazda. Authorities say Ortiz-Vite is a citizen of Mexico and had previously been deported following a drunk driving arrest, according to the Associated Press.
"There’s another case of somebody who is in this country illegally allegedly murdering a young woman, this time in Michigan. Her name is Ruby Garcia. Donald Trump is out there now calling this Biden's border bloodbath. What do you call it?" Doocy asked during Tuesday’s White House press briefing.
Kirby said he was not aware of the specifics of the case, calling Garcia’s death "terrible news" and offering the woman’s family thoughts and prayers before deferring to local law enforcement.
Texas National Guard soldiers install border fencing layered with concertina wire near the Rio Grande on April 2, 2024, in El Paso, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
"The bill's dead," Doocy said, prompting Kirby to retort, "Says you. When’s the vote?"
Doocy went on to say, "There are real problems at the border while that bill just languishes, right? The chief of the Border Patrol is saying exactly 140,000 gotaways. If we don't know who is coming into our country, and we don't know what their intent is, that is a threat. Does President Biden agree?"
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"The president absolutely believes that along that border, we do have significant national security concerns that have to be met," Kirby said. "But you said something really good in your question that I loved that … while these concerns are going on, the bill languishes. So, what's needed? It's not anything more from the president. What's needed is for Speaker Johnson to do his job, get that thing on the floor. Let's get a vote on it. They had a chance and decided not to act because certain people in House Republican world wanted a problem rather than a solution."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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