Reps. Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal (Getty Images)
Both Jayapal and Omar have been critical of the embargo, support normalizing relations between the U.S. and Cuba, and each voted against a 2021 resolution supporting protests against the Cuban government and calling for the release of detained citizens.
Efforts by the left-wing House members to cozy up to the authoritarian communist nation come as the U.S. continues to face a daunting flood of illegal immigrants overwhelming officials and communities at the southern border, as well as in cities across the country.
An illegal immigrant was charged this week for the murder of a 22-year-old Georgia college student, whose body was found on the University of Georgia's campus after she went missing while out for a run in broad daylight.
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The city of Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 2, 2017. (Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)
The trip was met with sharp criticism from other members of Congress, including Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., who wrote in a post on X that it was "no surprise" Omar and Jayapal went to Cuba "to get a refresher course on communism to bring back to DC."
"All members of the media should refer to the Progressive Caucus by their more accurate name – the Congressional Communist Sympathizing Caucus," Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., wrote in her own X post.
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"It's outrageous that Members of Congress would visit a country that jails, abuses, and murders their citizens and supports Iran, Russia and Communist China against our interests. Perhaps their time would be better spent listening to the Cubans crossing our southern border & risking their lives on makeshift rafts to find out why they're fleeing Communism," she added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the offices of Omar, Jayapal and Lee for comment.
Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on X at @BGillespieAL.
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