Speaker. is bizarre. Why are we telling the Department to build a fence before they have come up with a comprehensive solution? Are we really going to tie up billions and billions in border security dollars to build a fence when the Border Patrol and ICE need more agents and investigators? Estimates on what it would cost to just build the fence alone is in the neighborhood of $7 billion. Once you add the maintenance costs. we are looking at possibly doubling that number. My amendment. that the Rules Committee rejected. would have provided the Border Patrol with 3.000 more agents. We know they need the help. Why else would the National Guard be there now?
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