President. it is time to act. It is time to place a national priority on protecting the American dream. a dream that has allowed this country to stand as a beacon of hope and opportunity for people from around the world. It is time to place a national priority on protecting legal immigration by enforcing our borders. Simply put. I believe a successful Federal immigration strategy must accomplish six key goals. One: More effectively enforce our border and hire more Border Patrol agents. In the next fiscal year. the Border Patrol is scheduled to lose another 93 agents in the Presidents budget. shrinking the force down to 4.770. Rather than cut. now is the time to increase the Border Patrol and provide the necessary inservice training to assure that all people apprehended are fairly treated. Now is the time to provide our Border Patrol the equipment that is needed to do their jobs. the right vehicles. not sedans. but fourwheel drive vehicles that can handle the terrain. not old helicopters. but some new ones. modern equipment. The Patrol lacks night vision equipment. sophisticated listening devices and other surveillance hardware. Let us give the Border Patrol the resources they need to do the Job. The consequences of lax border enforcement have other serious dimensions. In 1990. along Californias southern border. the INS. Customs.
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