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Jon Tester: “This bill provides the equivalent of 20 percent more manpower, or 5,000 trained agents at the border.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2014
This bill provides the equivalent of 20 percent more manpower, or 5,000 trained agents at the border.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

The bill aims to increase manpower for Border Patrol operations.

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