Mr. Speaker. today I am sponsoring legislation designed to help the U.S. Border Patrol in Maine fight the war against drugs. This measure takes a small. but nonetheless important. step in the right direction as we continue to mobilize our societys resources against the scourge of drugs in America. The provisions of the legislation I have introduced would earmark $380.000 from the currently existing authorization for the U.S. Border Patrols budget to provide for the salaries of an additional 10 agents in Maine over the next 2 fiscal years. Additionally. this measure would earmark $500.000 from the current Border Patrol budget authorization to purchase an extra 50 mobile. electronic devices in Maine for fiscal year 1990 and fiscal year Mr. Speaker. last autumn I traveled to northern Aroostook County in Maine to witness firsthand the difficulties that our Federal law enforcement agencies are encountering in trying to protect our border with Canada. I visited with a family in Fort Fairfield. right on the northern border. who recounted for me the frequent number of illegal border crossings that they see in their apple orchard every year. Yet. most of these. illegal crossings are not investigated by the Federal law enforcement community. At a potato farm located right on the border in Littleton.
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