Ag secretary announces 'bold' plan to stop New World screwworm from entering US

EDINBURG, Texas (Border Report) -- Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announce what she called a "bold" new a plan to stop the New World screwworm from crossing the border into the U.S. from Mexico.

Flanked by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Rollins said the deadly parasite could devastate ranchers who raise cattle, sheep, goats and horses, should it make its way across the southern border.

Rollins spoke from Moore Air Base in Hidalgo County, Texas, from...