TEXAS (RFD NEWS) — U.S. lawmakers are raising concerns and outlining response efforts after the first confirmed detection of New World screwworm in a northern Mexican state near the Texas border. The detection, confirmed in the Mexican State of Coahuila, is drawing renewed attention from policymakers and the agricultural community, particularly in South Texas. U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX), who represents Texas’ 28th District located on the U.S Southern Border, says cattle producers should remain vigilant as the threat evolves.  “Well, you know that they just have to be aware because, as you know, all that that little fly — that larvae — needs just a little nick, or even through the nose or the mouth — it’s very dangerous, so they just have to be aware, you know, just like some years ago,” Cuellar told RFD News Correspondent Frank McCaffrey in an exclusive interview. “We were fighting the fever ticks. Now we are still looking at fever ticks, and we still have to deal with this new threat.”