President Joe Biden’s list of excuses for why he won’t enforce immigration and border security laws just got bigger on Wednesday with one of his most ridiculous responses to date.

On Wednesday, while walking to the White House from Marine One, a reporter asked Biden what he was going to do about the record number of migrants crossing illegally into the U.S.

“Well, we gotta do something,” Biden answered before appearing to say, “They [Republicans] ought to give me the money I need to protect the border.”

Fox News reported that several Biden critics rejected the notion that he doesn’t have the appropriated funds to shore up border enforcement.

“Oh yeah, more money. But not to ‘protect the border’. It’s to pay for more lawyers to lie for the illegal migrants posing as asylum seekers,” Fox News contributor Miranda Devine of the New York Post wrote. “It’s to pay for more NGOs to continue the cartel’s human trafficking work around the country. It’s to pay for more ‘humanitarian’ aid at the border, and more money wasted on ‘root cause’ boondoggles. Anything but secure the border. It doesn’t take more money to do that. Just the political will. He can close it tomorrow if he wants. He has enough new Biden voters now anyway.”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., shared a similar argument on the X platform: “What he’s asking for is money for more agents to process illegals and bring them into the country, not protect the border.”

What he's asking for is money for more agents to process illegals and bring them into the country, not protect the border. https://t.co/qbRhMMkhpP

— Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville) January 3, 2024

“Build the wall and enforce the law!” noted the Republican Party’s official account on X.

“Yes, Biden’s ‘gotta do something’—or Congress won’t fund the government,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, added.

Yes, Biden’s “gotta do something”—or Congress won’t fund the government. https://t.co/uCXHFvHbgj

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) January 3, 2024

“This is what President Biden does instead of actual press conferences,” retired Army Col. James Hutton added.

Fox News reported:

Sources with Customs and Border Protection told Fox News Digital that migrant encounters hit a staggering 300,000 incidents in December 2023, reaching a level thought unimaginable just years ago. It is the highest total for a single month ever recorded and also the first time migrant encounters have exceeded 300,000.

House Republican leaders have repeatedly threatened to withhold funding for key administration policies and priorities without action from Biden to clamp down on the border.