According to CBP's own figures, in order to bring Border Patrol up to the Congressionally-mandated floor--add 5,000 new agents and account for historical 6-percent rate of attrition--the Border Patrol will need to hire over 2,700 agents every year for the next 5 years.
Johnson highlights the need for increased Border Patrol staffing.
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I personally am glad, I don’t care who the president is or what party, I will generally support that president reducing spending. And I’d applaud it.
This is going to take time, but when my staff saw this, I mean, to me, this immediately impacts public safety, immediately impacts informed consent.
That’s a 200,000-vote differential. That’s what ought to concern Tom Tiffany, and of course he’s not gonna run against Francesca Hong; he’s probably going to have a more formidable opponent.
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