That is right. Senator FEINSTEIN and I got an amendment passed in 1996 to double the number of Border Patrol agents. It passed the Judiciary Committee. passed the Congress. It is an authorization. Do you think that in 5 years we had double the Border Patrol agents? No. We couldnt get the administration to ask for enough funding in the budget. and. of course. if it is not asked for. then Congress is loathe to appropriate. So it took us about. as I recall. 7 years or maybe 8 years to get the number of agents doubled. We have succeeded in doubling them and adding another 2.000 or 3.000 on top of that.
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