U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through the southern U.S. border over the damaging pest New World screwworm, a measure that immediately drew opposition from Mexico.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the immediate suspension of all cattle, horse, and bison imports coming from Mexico amid the “rapid” spread of a deadly parasitic insect known as the New World screwworm fly.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that her nation did not agree with the U.S.' decision to suspend Mexican imports of cattle, horses and bison over the presence of the New World screwworm,