Frankly. I think we ought to be trying to do more than that. but that is the reasonable level that we seem to be able to accept and also train at the same time under the current circumstances. In addition. my amendment would give border State Governors the ability to request up to 1.000 more Border Patrol agents in the Department of Homeland Security in times of international border emergencies. In deciding whether to grant the Governors request. the Secretary would have to consider the effect any shuffling of Border Patrol agents would have on overall border security. Last year. a survey by Peter D. Hart found that just 34 percent of the frontline Border Patrol agents said they were satisfied with the "tools. training. and support" they received to protect our borders. That should be 100 percent. What we need to do is guarantee that we take the steps in order to make it so. In addition. my amendment increases the number of helicopters and power boats available for Border Patrol. and it provides Border Patrol agents with the training they need to use those tools. We guarantee a ratio of one patrol vehicle for every three agents and ensure that each of those vehicles is equipped with a portable computer. That also provides every agent with clear and encrypted twoway radios. night vision equipment.
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