President. I yield such time as I might use. Over the course of the discussion and debate on immigration reform. those of us who have been strong supporters of it have pointed out what the President of the United States pointed out. that is. this is about four major aspects of having this program work. They are all interrelated. That is what we call comprehensive. One of them is border security. Those of us who support strong immigration reform strongly support border security. We voted for the enhancement and the increase in the supplemental. We just listened to the Senator from New Hampshire who outlined how he allocated $1.9 billion. It is very interesting that we have some allocation for a San Diego fence in that. but he also talked about using new technology and using recent technological breakthroughs as being the most effective way to provide security at the border. He reiterated that today. The chart behind me illustrates border enforcement which is in S. 2611 at the present time: 12.000 new border agents. hightechnology. virtual fence which was favorably and positively commented on by the Senator from New Hampshire when he had responsibility to take the $1.9 billion and look at how he was going to allocate it over the period of time. It talks about the new roads. vehicle barriers at the border. and about fencing in strategic locations. Do you understand fencing in strategic locations?
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