(NEXSTAR) – Tensions with Venezuela are rising as President Donald Trump says the US struck a third boat in the Caribbean carrying drugs from the country. "Stop sending Tren de Aragua into the United States. Stop sending drugs into the United States," President Trump said Tuesday. The president posted a video of the second strike Monday, saying it killed three people. Last month, the Pentagon said a strike killed 11 people. "I actually applaud that because that's deterrence," Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said. Texas Republican Congressman Michael McCaul says the strikes stop the flow of drugs. He says he's convinced the evidence warrants the action. "Our intelligence is very good," McCaul said. But several Democratic lawmakers and a few Republicans are questioning the legality of the strikes, since the US isn't at war with Venezuela. "We're blowing boats out of the water in the Caribbean," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said. "What legal authority do we have to do that?" In response to South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, FBI Director Kash Patel deferred to the Attorney General but said there is intelligence showing Venezuela is trafficking drugs. "They're using the navigable waterways in the Caribbean to the end-state delivery, which is the United States of America, and we will hunt down every single one of those narco-traffickers," Patel said. California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is proposing a War Powers Resolution to require Congressional approval for future strikes. "I don't want to see us get into some war with Venezuela because the president is just blowing ships willy-nilly out of the water," Schiff said in a video posted to X. Venezuela's government called the U.S. actions an aggression and said there was no communication between the governments.