McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Congressman Henry Cuellar says U.S. Agriculture employees who are responsible for checking for New World screwworm and ensuring the pest doesn’t cross the border have been furloughed and are not working during the government shutdown.

This comes as Mexican officials this week announced that a second case of New World screwworm has been found in a cow in the northern Mexican border state of Nuevo León.

”During the shutdown, the money is there. But remember, some of those folks are not working right now. So that’s what we’re concerned about,” Cuellar, D-Texas, told Border Report on Wednesday evening.

”It’s a concern because we have a shutdown right now. Those flies are not going to stop,” Cuellar said.

Cuellar did not specify how many workers currently ha

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