Inspections decreased in Miami by 12.7 percent. in Boston by 17.9 percent. and San Francisco by 21.4 percent. Sixty percent of agricultural inspection specialists believed they were doing either "somewhat" or "many fewer" inspections since the transfer. Sixtythree percent of survey respondents did not believe that their port had enough agriculture specialists to carry out agriculture duties. Lastly. 64 percent of the agriculture specialists reported that their work was not respected by Customs and Border Patrol. These statistics are deplorable. The failure to protect our borders from the invasion of agricultural pests places our farmlands and forests at great risk of infestation.
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