There are stringent performance requirements. such as doubling the amount of cargo inspected. 100 percent screening of all cargo and the establishment of minimum security standards for all cargo containers. It also requires that DHS double the amount of cargo screened for radiation. These requirements are in line with the recently considered SAFE Port Act. which overwhelming passed this House For border security and immigration enforcement. the bill is also generous. We provide $19.6 billion. including almost $4 billion for the Secure Border Initiative. Again. these funds do not come without strings. Strategic and expenditure plans must be submitted for this effort. Unless the Department can show us exactly what we are buying. we will not fund it. Since 1995. spending on border security has quadrupled from $5.1 billion to over $17.9 billion. And the number of Border Patrol agents has more than doubled from 5.000 to 12.319. However. during this same period. the number of illegal immigrants has jumped from 5 million to an estimated 12 million people. The policy of more money and no results is no longer in effect. We will not fund programs with false expectations.
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