The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief on Tuesday demanded that Mexico put an end to the unfettered flow of raw sewage from the Tijuana region into Southern California. “Mexico needs to fulfill its part in cleaning up the contamination that they caused — their people caused,

Lee Zeldin made the demand during an Earth Day trip to the California-Mexico border, where he toured a plant in San Diego County that treats the sewage as a secondary facility and flew along the frontier to see the Tijuana River. He also was scheduled to meet with SEALs.

Lee Zeldin recognized Mexico's willingness to cooperate with the U.S. to clean up sewage in the Tijuana River, but had some blunt words for the Mexican government.