Point of reference here @SecRollins, the Darién Gap is a remote, lawless 60-mile stretch of dense rainforest, swamps, and mountains on the international border between Panama & Colombia. Acting as a natural barrier between North and South America. Biden had nothing to do with it.
We’re fighting the New World Screwworm threat.
We pushed NWS out of the US in 1966 — but for the first time in the modern area we have cases in Texas again.
This is a direct result of the Darien Gap being breached in 2022 thanks to the reckless open border policies of Biden-Harris that allowed it to SURGE through Central America and hit Mexico by 2024.
But we were ready. Since Day 1 under @POTUS:
- $1.3 billion deployed to fight NWS
- New sterile fly technologies
- Moore Air Base production facility ($750M) underway in Texas
- New dispersal sites operational
- Metapa, Mexico facility opening this month — adding 100 million sterile flies
Increased border surveillance, trapping, and targeted releases already in effect.
Farm Security = National Security.
We WILL eradicate this threat.