But that means we are still short of where we need to be. Even though we have increased agents by 40 percent and detention beds by 30 percent. we are still way short of where we need to be to be able to say. with confidence. we are going to be able to stop the people who are coming across our borders. especially our southern border. in the near term. detain them. and make sure the bad ones are sent back and the other folks are put through some system that works. That brings us to another issue involving border security. which is this whole question of immigration reform. There is no question in my mind that you cannot get substantive longterm border control unless you have immigration reform. which means some sort of guest worker program for people who want to come here and work. People who are getting paid $5 a day in Mexico and can make $50 a day in the United States. who have a family to feed. are going to come to the United States. That is just human nature.
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