Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., on Tuesday ripped President Joe Biden for his immigration policies, saying that Border Patrol officers are acting as "travel agents" under his administration.
"We have brave men and women of Border Patrol who are down there ready, willing and able, who want to enforce our laws, who want to fight for our country," Lee said, according to The Messenger. "And instead, as you point out, they're being assigned tasks like passing out blankets and working as travel agents to just bring people into this country."
Lee called for the Biden administration to improve its tracking of illegal crossings and to work harder to stop human trafficking and fentanyl trafficking at the border.
"The situation that this has created across America and in our communities is tragic and it's dangerous," Lee said. "We know that it's not just people coming across. We've seen the consequences of fentanyl trafficking, human trafficking, and there's just no reason at this point to have any confidence that Joe Biden actually wants to secure the border."
Lee added that House Republicans are firmly committed to securing more resources for the border in negotiations for funding for Ukraine in its war against Russia.