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Group Warns Against US Decision to Reopen Border to Mexican Cattle Amid Screwworm Outbreak

The USDA will allow Mexican cattle, bison, and horses back into Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas over the next few months.
Group Warns Against US Decision to Reopen Border to Mexican Cattle Amid Screwworm Outbreak
Carlos Carreron brings cattle through a gate in the border fence from Mexico into the United States at the Santa Teresa International Export/Import livestock crossing in Santa Teresa, N.M., on June 5, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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A cattle industry group is speaking out against the federal government’s decision to reopen the southwest border to Mexican cattle imports, saying the risk is too high in light of the New World screwworm outbreak.

R-CALF USA, a cattle producer-only trade association, is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to delay reopening the border to Mexican cattle this month until the screwworm is fully eradicated.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.