We are faced with the task of patrolling the longest stretch of unprotected international border in the United States. nearly 550 miles of border in Montana. We have the same pressures there from terrorists. drug runners. and criminals. They can cross that border. enter our country. and do harm to our citizens. Make no mistake. we have made some progress. Again. I congratulate the chairman of the subcommittee on this bill. We were able to gain about 500 new Border Patrol agents along the northern border to relieve some facility overcrowding earlier this year in a new appropriation. Meanwhile. however. we have to look at the numbers. Over 500 million people cross our borders each year. 330 million of whom are not U.S. citizens.
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