The Washington Times
The Senate yesterday approved an extra 650 Border Patrol agents as well as more immigration investigators and detention space as part of the emergency war-spending bill.
In a 65-34 vote, the Senate accepted a proposal by Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, to shift $389.6 million from diplomatic and consular programs to pay for the new agents, 2,000 additional detention beds, 250 immigration investigators and 168 new immigration-enforcement agents and deportation officers.
Posted by Suzanne at April 21, 2005