That. to me. is getting very tough on crime. Unlike the Presidents recently released budget. this proposal does something for law enforcement. It equips and trains 500 new border patrol officers to halt the flow of drugs across the Southwest border. Coming from that part of the country. there is nothing more prominent in our problems right now with drugs in the State of Arizona than the fact that the border patrol has gone down in the last 3 years in personnel on the border from 305 to 249. The last time it was at 305 was in an election year. Four years ago. the administration pushed in some more border patrol. And now we are talking about adding a few because it is an election year. This bill adds them permanently. and adds 500. not the 8. that are going to come into Arizona under the Presidents budget.
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