McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- A letter sent by over a dozen GOP lawmakers questions the "long-term fairness” by the Trump administration to allow Argentina to quadruple its exports of beef to the United States at a time when Texas and other U.S. cattle ranchers are struggling, Border Report has learned.

The letter was sent Monday by 14 Republican lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, of Irving, Texas, according to the letter obtained by Border Report.

The letter calls to question the safety of importing $200 million worth of Argentinian beef into American markets from what they say is a country with a "history of foot-and-mouth disease," as well as the "fairness" of this type of trade agreement to the American cattle industry.

"The recently announced plan to expand imports

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