It is. The reason for that is they have got $6.6 billion in the pipeline. not yet allocated. so why add to the reservoir when the river is running full? The bill provides $19.1 billion for border protection. immigration enforcement and related activities. which is $1.2 billion over the current year and almost a half billion over what the President asked of us. That includes $1.8 billion for border security and control. $3.4 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. $340 million for the USVISIT program. $2.9 billion for Coast Guard operations. fully funding Deepwater at $933.1 million. and $40 million for the implementation of the REAL ID Act. So I think the agreement. Mr. Speaker. will go a long way towards improving the integrity of our borders. When we combine what we have in this bill with the 2005 supplemental. we will have 1.500 new Border Patrol agents and 568 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the land to be hired in fiscal year 2006. The bill also supports a total of 20.300 detention beds for housing people who are locked up. having come across the border. The conference agreement supports security for all modes of transportation. including $6.3 billion for the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Air Marshals and $150 million in rail security grants.
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