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On the recordAugust 5, 2010
Yes; 1,000 Border Patrol and 500 ICE and DEA. Mr. McCAIN. One-hundred ICE, $39 million for Customs and Border Protection, 250 new Customs and Border Patrol agents you mentioned, communications equipment, money to deploy forward operating bases. I wish to go over it again with my colleague.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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