[Sergio]

The kissing bugs have caused a public health problem in areas of Latin America, where the bugs nest in cracks of substandard housing. Officials estimate that 8 million people in Mexico, Central America, and South America have contracted the illness...

But hey, let's let them in.

[Marie]

This is what I’m thinking. We had these all over Georgia. They swarmed in incredible numbers. They were considered harmless.

So it’s not the bugs that are new to the US. It’s the disease.