That comes down to less work just when and where its needed most. Within the past year. Congress approved a sweeping new immigration law. To enforce that law. we approved the hiring of 2.400 new personnel. and most of those were supposed to be hired in fiscal 1988. A sequester would mean that 65 percent of those positions couldnt be filled. The immigration law also called for a 50percent increase in border patrol personnel. but sequester would make that kind of a buildup all but impossible. We arent going to keep our borders safe with sandstone lions. and paper tigers. We need the kind of welltrained. qualified people well lose under a sequester.
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