One of Florida’s top officials said he left a visit to the Texas border in disbelief after seeing the illegal immigration and drug smuggling crises with his own eyes.

Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, a Cabinet member in Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R-FL) administration who oversees finances for the deployment of state military and law enforcement personnel to the border, described being stunned by how brazenly Mexican cartel smugglers moved immigrants and drugs.