That we have worked hard to secure the borders. That is what we have been trying to do for the past 6 years. I am going to refer to my notes here for a minute. We. as a party. have filed amendment after amendment as appropriations bills have come to the floor. If they had been adopted. there would be 6.600 more Border Patrol agents today patrolling our border. 14.000 more detention beds. and. Mr. Speaker. 2.700 more immigration agents along our borders than now exist. But those amendments were not adopted because the Republican majority voted against them. That is why.
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