An email sent by the Williamson County Republican Party contained what some are calling a racist meme featuring U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a newly elected member of Congress who is quickly becoming a target of criticism for Republicans.

The image shows a woman interviewing Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y, asking her opinion on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed a women's right to have an abortion.

The lawmaker is shown responding, "Thats (sic) the only two ways Mexicans can cross the river."

The image appears to have been included at the bottom of a newsletter sent by Debbie Deaver, chair of the Williamson County Republican Party, and comes amid the five-week partial shutdown of the federal government and increasing tensions surrounding immigration and President Donald Trump's proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.