From the Texas Tribune:
After Mexican officials confirmed case of screwworm in Nov. 2024, USDA, under Joe Biden, closed southern ports of entry to live cattle imports to prevent spread of screwworm into U.S. Move also strained supply of cattle in Texas....
USDA reversed course in Feb 2025, after Trump took office, announcing opening of ports"
Receipts:
โข USDA directed $109.8 million in emergency funding in December 2023 to combat New World screwworm in Panama and other critical barrier regions to prevent its spread back into North America.
https://t.co/eV6XvvwBXe
โข USDA approved an additional $165 million in emergency funding in December 2024 to expand screwworm control efforts in Mexico and Central America and protect U.S. livestock.
https://t.co/jE8D75XQ6C
โข Reuters reported the 2024 funding package was described by USDA as the second emergency screwworm funding round, following the $109.8 million approved the previous year.
https://t.co/TKDr6afIl1
โข CDC states the current outbreak has spread through Central America and Mexico and is being addressed through surveillance, animal movement controls, inspections, and sterile-fly releases.
https://t.co/MGSvhzxDPI
โข USDA identifies sterile-fly production, surveillance, animal inspections, and livestock movement controls as key tools for containing screwworm and preventing its spread into the United States.
https://t.co/pe8poB9mWg
โข Wildlife and veterinary experts have warned that weakened surveillance, funding constraints, hiring freezes, and illegal livestock movement increased the risk of a screwworm resurgence.
https://t.co/9vXeMHrhDc
โข Scientific and expert analyses describe the resurgence as a long-term breakdown of regional control systems involving funding, surveillance, sterile-fly capacity, and animal movement, not as a consequence of a single U.S. immigration policy.
https://t.co/mN0RC0Yzpg
https://t.co/AOFoEG0Vvn
โข USDA and partner agencies have maintained the screwworm barrier through continuous sterile-fly releases and international cooperation for decades, illustrating that prevention depends on sustained investment and surveillance rather than one-time political actions.
https://t.co/0H555epaKt
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