The Washington Times Op-Ed
When Congress passed the sweeping intelligence bill in December, it called for increasing the size of the Border Patrol by 2,000 agents. Right now the agency has close to 11,000 agents, 90 percent of whom are stationed along the 2,000-mile Mexican border. Clearly, that's not enough. Although 2,000 more still seems inadequate, the goal was to double the number of agents in five years. The administration's budget proposal, however, has included just a $36.9 million increase for 210 more agents. This amount is grossly insufficient.
Posted by Suzanne at February 24, 2005