… animals up through from South America through Central America in 2022 is when the biological barrier in Panama at the Darien Gap was breached in 2022. And then of course, By the end of the last administration, the pest had reached Mexico and began moving northward. Our administration took immediate action once we returned to office early last year, rapidly strengthening along partners here in Texas the border protections and increasing the oversight containment efforts in Mexico buying us. (27:53–28:00)
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Asserts that by the end of the last administration, the pest reached Mexico and moved northward.
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