Interior Secretary Deb Haaland acknowledged to Congress on Wednesday that she has never been to the southern border region while in office — despite tons of trash being dumped on government property by a record number of migrants.

“Roughly 40% of our southern border is federal lands,” Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) said during a fiscal year 2025 budget hearing with Haaland. “Is trash on the federal lands along the border an issue?”