UKhomishana Wezolimo waseTexas uSid Miller usempikiswaneni eshisayo nohulumeni kaTrump mayelana nendlela yokulwa nohulumeniinkathazo edla izimuncagaziukusabalala enyakatho kusuka eMexico okungasongela imboni yemfuyo kahulumeni ebiza amaRandi ayizigidigidi ezingu-15 uma iwela umngcele.
Engxoxweni abe nayo nesiteshi sethelevishini sasemakhaya esiseNashville kuleli sonto, uMiller uveze ukudumala kwakhe ngokuthi uMnyango Wezolimo wase-US awuzange usebenzise isicupho sokwenziwa asikhuthaza ukulawula i-New World spiral fly, uhlobo lwempukane oluhlasela izilwane ezinegazi elifudumele futhi olusanda kutholakala lungaphansi kwamakhilomitha ayi-160 ukusuka emngceleni.
"Angikwazanga ukuthola ukwesekwa yi-USDA ngokusebenzisa i-bait ukubulala izibungu," kusho uMiller etshela i-RFD. "Uma singasebenzisa i-bait, singayiqeda ngokuphelele izibungu eMexico zingakapheli izinsuku ezingama-90, kodwa ngesizathu esithile bayanqikaza kakhulu ukwenza lokho."
NgoLwesibili, i-USDA iphendule ngokuthi ikhomishana yezolimo ekhethiwe “ishaye indiva isu eliqinisekisiwe lokulawula [i-New World spiral fly] esikhundleni salokho yasebenzisa inkulumo-ze efana ne-clickbait.”
Lesi sitatimende saqala ukubikwa yi-RFD-TV futhi kamuva sasabelwana ne-Texas Tribune nguMnyango Wezolimo wase-US. Kulesi sitatimende, okhulumela lo mnyango uthe le nhlangano ifake futhi yahlola “izingibe ezidumile” zikaMiller futhi yazithola “zingasebenzi.”
Okhulumela umnyango uthe, “Phakathi nenyanga, izicupho ze-USDA ePanama zibambe izinkulungwane zezimpukane ezinamaphiko ajikelezayo eNew World, kanti izicupho zikaKhomishana uMiller zibambe eyodwa kuphela. Lapho etshelwa ngokungasebenzi kwezicupho zakhe, uKhomishana uMiller waze wasikisela ukuthi abasebenzi be-USDA ‘bazicime’ izicupho, kodwa i-USDA yenqaba isiphakamiso.”
Okhulumela lolu daba wengeze wathi: “I-USDA ilangazelela ukusebenzisana nabo bonke abalingani njengoba befuna izixazululo zangempela zokubhekana nezinselelo zeNational Weather Service.”
Ephendula isimemezelo se-USDA, uMiller uzwakalise ukwazisa “ngemizamo yomlando” yale nhlangano yokulwa ne-New World spiral fly.
Uthe: “Sonke siseqenjini elifanayo futhi ngibheke phambili ekuqhubekeni nokusebenza nawo wonke umuntu ukuqeda lolu songo kusenesikhathi.”
Kusukela ngo-Agasti, uMiller ubelokhu enxusa izinhlangano zikahulumeni kanye nezinhlangano zikahulumeni ukuthi zisebenzise isicupho sokwenziwa asibiza ngokuthi i-TDA Swormlure, athi sakhiwe yithimba lakhe lezokuphepha kwezinto eziphilayo.
"Lesi sithiyo esisha, esibizwa nge-TDA Swormlure, siphawula intuthuko enkulu ekuvikeleni imfuyo yaseTexas engcupheni ebangelwa yizimpukane ezijikelezayo ze-New World," kusho uMiller esitatimendeni sabezindaba ngo-Agasti. "Impendulo yokuqala iyakhuthaza, futhi silindele ukuthi lesi sicupho sizodlula noma yimuphi omunye umkhiqizo osemakethe njengamanje."
"Ngitshelwe ukuthi kubi emvelweni ngoba kubulala izinambuzane eziwusizo," kusho uMiller. "Izinambuzane eziwusizo? Usho izinambuzane eziwusizo njengezintuthwane zomlilo? Angazi ukuthi yiziphi izinambuzane eziwusizo. Angazi ukuthi ziyesaba yini ukubulala izimpukane zasekhaya noma izimpukane zasekhaya, kodwa ngizimisele ukubulala izimpukane eziluhlaza."
UMnyango Wezolimo wase-US umemezele uchungechunge lwezinyathelo ezihlose ukuvimbela lezi zimpukane ukuthi zingangeni e-United States futhi zithelele izinkomo. NgoJuni, uNobhala Wezolimo uBrooke Rawlings umemezele uhlelo lokulwa nosongo lwalesi sinambuzane esidla izinsalela, oluhlanganisa ukutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$8.5 million esikhungweni sokusabalalisa izimpukane ezihlanzekile eMoore Air Force Base e-Edinburgh. Ngo-Agasti, i-USDA imemezele ukutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$750 million esikhungweni sase-Edinburgh, okuzokhiqiza izimpukane ezihlanzekile ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-300 ngesonto.
Inhloso yokuhlangana nezimpukane zesifazane ezingenamagciwane ukukhiqiza amaqanda angenakukwazi ukusinda, okuholela ekuqothulweni kwenani lazo.
Kubikwa ukuthi uMiller wayengomunye wabaqokwe nguRollins ukuba ahole i-USDA. Wenze izitatimende eziningi zomphakathi kanye nemibiko yabezindaba ekhuluma ngemizamo kahulumeni yokulwa ne-New World spiral fly, ethi uMnyango Wezolimo waseTexas “ungumqali” ekubambisaneni namaqembu ahlukahlukene ukulwa ne-fly.
NgoJuni, uMbusi uGreg Abbott waqondisa iKhomishini Yezempilo Yezilwane yaseTexas kanye noMnyango Wezamapaki Nezilwane Zasendle waseTexas ukuthi bakhe iThimba Lokuphendula Impukane Enezinsipho Enesondo Elikhulu laseTexas ukuze lihlanganise imizamo futhi labelane ngolwazi lokuvimbela ukusabalala kwalesi sinambuzane.
Encwadini ayibhalela izikhulu ze-ejensi ngoJuni, u-Abbott uthe, “Umsebenzi weqembu lomsebenzi ucacile: ukuhola imizamo yaseTexas yokuvimbela nokuphendula ubhubhane nokuqinisekisa ukuthi iTexas ihlala inolwazi, ikulungele, futhi ihlelekile ekuvimbeleni ukuvela kabusha kwalesi silwanyana esibhubhisayo.”
Ngemva kokuba i-RFD-TV ishicilele isitatimende se-USDA, izinhlangano zezolimo zaseTexas, okuhlanganisa i-Texas Farm Bureau kanye ne-Texas and Southwest Cattlemen's Association, ngokushesha zasebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana ukuveza ukusekela kwazo i-ejensi kahulumeni mayelana noMiller.
“Indlela ephumelela kakhulu yokuqeda izinambuzane ezijikelezayo iwukuzalanisa izinambuzane ezifile, hhayi ngokusebenzisa izicupho nezicupho,” kubhala i-Texas and Southwest Cattlemen's Association ku-X.com. “I-TSCRA ihambisana nohulumeni kaTrump, uNobhala uRollins, kanye ne-USDA. Asikwazi ukuvumela izindlela ezingaqinisekisiwe ukuthi zisiphazamise.”
Isixwayiso: I-Texas Farm Bureau, i-Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, kanye ne-Texas and Southwest Cattlemen's Association bangabaxhasi be-Texas Tribune. I-Texas Tribune iyinhlangano yezindaba engenzi nzuzo, engachemi ngokwengxenye exhaswa ngeminikelo evela kumalungu, izinhlangano, kanye nabaxhasi bezinkampani. Abaxhasi abafaki isandla kokuqukethwe kwezindaba ze-Tribune. Uhlu oluphelele lwabaxhasi lungatholakala lapha.
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