We have talked about detention beds. but the issue is we need to be able to process these cases. not just hold people. We needs to bring charges against them. those who have an arguable claim. and then adjudicate that claim: either deport them or find that their claim is a valid one. We need additional immigration judges. We need 2.500 additional enforcement personnel in the Coast Guard. and we need 25.000 detention beds. We need 1.000 investigators for fraudulent schemes and documents. We need at least 100 helicopters and 250 power boats for the Border Patrol and at least one policetype motor vehicle for every three agents for the Border Patrol. We need enough portable computers for every Border Patrol motor vehicle. We need handheld global positioning systems for each Border Patrol agent. We need night vision equipment for all Border Patrol agents working during hours of darkness. We need enough body armor appropriate for the climate and risks faced by individual Border Patrol agents. We need to reestablish the Border Patrol antismuggling unit. And we need to establish specialized criminal investigator occupations: one for the investigation of violations of immigration law. another for customs laws. and a third for ag laws. We need to require foreign language training for all our officers in the Department of Homeland Security who come into contact with aliens who cross the border illegally. Yes. this amendment is worth supporting. but we do not really need it to get satellite communications.
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