Mr. Chairman. at the appropriate time I will be offering an amendment which will add $4.9 million to restore 160 border patrol agent positions. which. believe it or not. the administration wants to delete or to cut from the present program. We currently have authorized 2.348 total positions. We provided the money for them in last years budget. in the current years budget. but the administration refuses to spend it. We have 2.120 aboard. which means we are 228 short right now. Now. the facts are that this administration. indeed this Congress. has no coherent. understandable immigration policy. I am not talking about the boat people. I am not talking about the Cuban refugees. I am not talking about the Haitians. I am talking about the steady flow of 2.000 to 3.000 per day every single day crossing the United StatesMexican border between Texas and California. Last year. and I cite evidence of this. 879.000 were apprehended at the border with a miniscule border patrol force. Now. for every one that is apprehended. it is estimated that at least two or three were not apprehended and did. indeed. enter the country. Now. they do not all stay.
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