"We doubled the border patrol in the 1990s.
Their amendment would double the border control force at a cost of roughly $30 billion.
Though the Corker-Hoeven amendment helped garner the support of roughly a dozen Republicans for the overall bill, promising $40 billion over the next decade to secure the southern border — including doubling the number of border agents to 40,000 and completing 700 miles of fencing — many were wary of the border security plan, which they said was a waste of money and would "militarize" the border.
The 67-to-27 67-to-27 67-to-27y filibuster of the plan to devote roughly $40 billion over the next decade to border enforcement measures, including nearly doubling the number of border agents to 40,000 and comprevented00 miles of fencing.
The deal calls for a "border surge" that nearly doubles the current border patrol force to 40,000 agents from 21,000, as well as for the completion of 700 miles of fence on the nation's southern border.
He also noted that President Bush's proposed 2008 budget called for doubling the size of the border patrol, to more than eighteen thousand agents, before he left office.
The $40 billion Corker-Hoeven proposal that received Senate approval on Monday includes an estimated $25 billion for nearly doubling the size of the border patrol force, and also calls for a $3.2 billion high-tech surveillance plan.
The evolution of net energy and firm capacity exchange was very dynamic through the span of the analysis period and drives significant investment in transmission capacity across the border, almost doubling the existing capacity of transmission lines.
Russia embarked on a massive military buildup on the border, reportedly doubling the number of combat-ready troops to an estimated 20,000.
The border security amendment by Republicans John Hoeven of North Dakota and Bob Corker of Tennessee would double the number of border patrol agents to 40,000 and fund the construction of 700 miles of border fencing.
