We have seen two trials just recently completed. one involving the New York Trade Center. the other involving a shooting outside the CIA. Counterterrorism requires that we have a coordinated effort and that we have a strong law enforcement element in that coordinated effort. and this bill pursues both those activities. Senators who represent States along our border. our southern border especially. have found very serious problems in the area of drug enforcement and in the area of Illegal immigrants coming across the border. so we are dramatically expanding the number of INS border patrols in this bill. increasing them by 1.000. including $250 million in new initiatives to try to restore the integrity of the naturalization process. which unfortunately has fallen on hard times. to say the least. That may not be the best description of it. in fact. because the system has so collapsed. This bill puts the dollars necessary to give adequate support to the INS. and also it dramatically expands the Border Patrol efforts so that States like. especially. Texas and Arizona. which need additional border patrols. will be able to obtain them. It significantly expands our efforts in the area of NOAA activities. This is one of our premier national treasures in the area of research and technology. the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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