House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has told Joe Biden and the White House to avoid using any “election year gimmicks” in any actions taken to address the ongoing illegal migrant crisis that Republicans have blamed on the president since his term began.

According to reports, Biden is contemplating executive action to limit asylum claims, including a provision to halt new entries after a specified number of illegal crossings—a mechanism resembling one included in a Senate immigration proposal that was recently rejected. Johnson stated that the proposal would have been “dead on arrival” in the House. Additionally, the administration is considering tightening screening standards, The Daily Wire reported.

“Americans have lost faith in this president and won’t be fooled by election year gimmicks that don’t secure the border. Nor will they forget that the President created this catastrophe and, until now, has refused to use his executive power to fix it,” Johnson noted in a statement.

The speaker expressed displeasure at reports suggesting Biden is now considering utilizing Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The provision grants the president the authority to bar entry to individuals considered “detrimental” to U.S. interests to “regain operational control of the border.” It comes after the president previously asserted that he had exhausted all available measures to secure the border.