I do appreciate the Senators courtesy. In response to the specifics of the Senators representations that the Departments position is that these numbers. as contained in the bill. will accomplish operational control of the border. I find that to be entirely inconsistent and unsupportable. first. from the testimony of the Departments lower level individual s--who are in charge of these agenciesbefore the Appropriations subcommittee which I chaired at the time. specifically. the Director of the Border Patrol. Mr. Bonner. who made it very clear he needed 20.000 border agents. and. secondly. the fact they had let a contract which has in it significantly more numbers in the area of virtual fencing towers than are in this bill.
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