Mass Migration’s Threat to Food Security

Migrants walk by the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama, on Sept. 22, 2023. Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images

Unfettered illegal immigration could endanger the U.S. food supply and, by extension, national security, according to animal health experts.

Diseases and parasites can spread through mass migration. And as illegal immigrants continue to pour across the U.S.–Mexico border, the usual safeguards for inspection are being ignored.