They come here to get workand especially across the southern borderbut they are coming here illegally. and that is not appropriate. So we need to get control over our borders. So about 2 years ago. when I took over this job. of being in charge of this committee. we started to ramp up significantly our commitment to border security. With this bill. should this bill be successful and be passed. we will have increased the number of border agents by 40 percent we will have increased the number of detention beds by about 30 percent. we will have dramatically increased our commitment to the Coast Guard: we will have dramatically increased our commitment to ICE. and we will have put in place and started up the USVISIT Program. which I still have reservations about as to how effective it is going to be. but it seems to be moving in the right direction and people are working hard on it. Our purpose has been to retool the borders so we can be sure within a few years we can control the borders.
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