"This is not about politics or punishment of Mexico; rather, it is about food and animal safety.”

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. On Sunday, Rollins announced the U.S. is halting shipments of live cattle, bison and horses through the southern border with Mexico, to be reviewed on a month-to-month basis. The concern is the prevalence of the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating maggot that has been detected on Mexican farms 700 miles from the border. (X)