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Lora Bledsoe, a large animal veterinarian and Department of Homeland Security policy adviser, examines a crate of 80,000 sterile screwworm pupae on June 11, 2026 in La Pryor, Texas.
Trump administration officials "did not act quickly on recommendations of career USDA staffers who sought to convey the seriousness" of a screwworm outbreak, according to a Wednesday report in Politico.
As the screwworm parasite spreads beyond initial contamination zones in Texas and New Mexico, some former US Department of Agriculture employees are pointing fingers at the Trump administration for exacerbating the crisis.
