Texas. and even Florida understand my concerns. The legislation before us does contain some modest but important steps. It contains the necessary increases to base funding to ensure that the Border Patrol will have the funding to hire 100 additional agents. I am also pleased that the committee recognized the need for additional personnel to process the growing caseloads of criminal aliens in our country. And I am pleased that the managers agreed to an amendment I cosponsored along with Senator SIMPSON to fund 10 new INS judges to meet the growing number of deportation hearings brought about by the rising criminal alien population. But more is needed and my amendment is designed to address this need. The demand for more personnel to deal with our criminal alien population in this country will continue to grow until we meet our needs to keep criminal aliens out of our country.
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