Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed beef prices are rising because of immigrants bringing diseased cattle across the border.

Speaking to Fox Business Sunday, Bessent addressed reports that beef prices could hit $10 per pound next year, saying it was an issue “inherited” by the administration due to long-standing factors.

“There’s also, because of the mass immigration , a disease that we’d been rid of in North America made its way up through South America as these migrants brought some of their cattle with them,” Bessent said.

He added: “So part of the problem is we’ve had to shut the border to Mexican beef because of this disease called the screwworm.”

Why It Matters

Beef continues to be in high demand across the U.S., and rising prices are putting pressure on household

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