📍 Santa Teresa, New Mexico Today I toured the busiest livestock port on the US-Mexico border and met directly with ranchers and key officials about the work that has gone into protecting the American livestock industry from New World screwworm, and next steps moving forward. For 16 months, livestock ports along our southern border have remained closed as we built out an unprecedented response, strengthened surveillance, and worked with our partners to stop the spread of this devastating pest. @USDA’s phased reopening strategy has been tied to continued progress and layered safeguards designed to protect the US herd. That execution is producing results. And today’s visit was about making sure we keep protecting American livestock as trade resumes safely. We took a moment to reflect that after 100 days, we have only 2 active cases in our country. To compare… in 1972 — our ranchers (in Texas alone) faced more than 90,000 NWS cases that year. Thank you to @USDA_APHIS, @NMDeptAg, the New Mexico Livestock Board, SENASICA, and our ranching partners for helping move this fight forward. Progress, but much more to do.