These are real teeth. Well. that is what we did. We put real teeth in our border security agenda. We did not merely authorize the hiring of more Border Patrol agents. we appropriated hard dollars to hire 500 more Border Patrol agents. as well as more immigration enforcement agents and detention officers. Dont you feel better about that? I do. I can sleep a little better. I will bet Senator HARKIN sleeps better at night because of it. Those 500 Border Patrol agents have been hired and trained and are deployed on our borders. They are out there defending our borders while we are sleeping. Think about that. As we hire more Border Patrol agents and other immigration enforcement officials. they must have the tools they need to do their job. We need to start paying for those tools now so that they will be available as more and more Border Patrol and immigration enforcement officials are hired and trained. I will be talking again about this matter as the Senate proceeds to consider this supplemental appropriations bill. Securing our borders requires more than just hot air. Hot air is cheap. We must put real dollars to work for border security. Mr. President.
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