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President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Mexico to deal with millions of raw and unworked seafood entering the United States, which pose health risks to nearby communities, according to officials.
“Mexico must take care of its water and sewage problem, immediately. It is a real danger to the people of Texas, California and the United States of America!” Trump wrote about social truth.
For years, sewage from border towns like Tijuana made its way to the United States through the Tijuana River, with local leaders describing the problem as a health crisis.
Authorities said the sewage is affecting local tourism – especially on local beaches – and the Naval Amphibious Base Courado, where naval forces train.
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Shoolial views of the city of Tijuana, Mexico (Top) and San Diego, California. President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded that Mexico deal with the burning sewage that has been entering the United States for decades. (Pet Pictures)
This problem is blamed on Tijuana’s poor infrastructure, which has been developed by the skyrocketing population of the area.
Jan Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond called the issue one of the worst environmental and public health problems in the country that no one is talking about.
“I’m glad to see the President finally addressing this decades-long problem,” he told Fox News Digital. “It has affected military preparedness, threatened national security, and created an environmental disaster in southern California — all while Mexico has gone unreported.”
“You have to change,” he added. “We need real enforcement, real results, and real actions to protect our communities.”
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Sewage associated with the sea from the Tijuana River has prompted officials to seek a solution to the problem. (Reuters/Mike Blake)
FOX News Digital reached out to the Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC
In July, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and his Mexican counterpart, the secretary of nature and natural resources of Mexico Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, MOU) directing the efforts of both governments to deal with this disaster.
In a tweet posted to X, Zeldin said the Trump administration was taking action to stop the “abhorrent flow of sewage” from Mexico into the US.
“We are working closely with our Mexican partners to ensure that the beaches of the San Diego-Area can be reopened, the foul odors are eliminated, and the Tijuanu Rivery was killed. “This will be good for our military training camps in this area.”
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin of New York speaks before Congress. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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“Nothing short of the full implementation of the July 2025 MOU between the US and Mexico will be acceptable,” he added. “All the Mexican-side projects that have been scheduled for completion in 2026 and 2027 are absolutely critical to do!”
The MOO is paying millions of dollars for wastewater projects and providing alternatives for Mexico to prepare for Tijuana’s massive population growth in the coming years.
FOX News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
