We added 500 in the supplemental. That is 1.500 new agents. That is actually more than the Border Patrol has the capability to trainabout 200 or 300 morebut we are putting pressure on them to accomplish that. We also have increased training facilities so next year we will hopefully be able to add 2.000 or 2.500. and the following year 2.500. and the following year 2.500. Our goal is to increase the number of Border Patrol agents by 10.000 people over the next 4 or 5 years. But we have to ramp up to it. This year we are making an aggressive step in that direction with 1.500. In addition. we have added over 4.100 detention beds because we know when a Border Patrol agent catches someone who is in this country illegally that. unfortunately. they are having to let a lot of people go or send them out on their personal recognizance. That is not acceptable. So we added 2.200 beds in this bill.
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