"The food supply is completely safe," says @SecRollins on the New World Screwworm, adding that the calf that marked the first reported case "is now healthy."
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 9, 2026
"We will solve this with more sterile fly drops... they did it in the '60s. We're now bringing it back." pic.twitter.com/gDaU59evmF
… Biden-Harris that allowed it to SURGE through Central America and hit Mexico by 2024.We’re fighting the New World Screwworm threat.
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) June 10, 2026
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… pic.twitter.com/ChRrqYM1sX
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.
"I think it's important to point out that we saw this coming under the previous administration and they refused to respond. When you let millions of people migrate through Central America this way, we saw the screwworm just come with them."
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 10, 2026
— @RogerMarshallMD on the New World… pic.twitter.com/vmv3Sscyx7
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