Sean Reyes: “first of all, in my 5 minutes I wish to address some of the comments my colleague from Illinois made. I just want to…”

“first of all, in my 5 minutes I wish to address some of the comments my colleague from Illinois made. I just want to, first of all, tell my colleagues that one of the things we need to understand and remember here is that if the intent is to control and to stop the flow of narcotics into this country, then we have to realize that 90 percent of the drugs that flow across the U.S.- Mexican border, 90 percent of the drugs that flow across the U.S.- Mexican border, come through the ports of entry. Statistics show us that only 10 percent come in between the ports of entry, and have nothing to do with some of the concerns that the gentleman raises. That is point number one. Point number two is that we in this Congress, for the last several years, and for 2 or 3 years henceforth, have taken it upon ourselves to increase the number of resources specifically intended for the United States Border Patrol. We have doubled their force. By the year 2001, we are going to have a Border Patrol force that will exceed 10,000 officers. I am a cosponsor of a bill that was introduced, bipartisan bill introduced by the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter) that states that we want to take the Border Patrol up to 20,000.”