Funding to construct the 700 miles of fencing required by the Secure Fence Act.
Funding for the hiring, training, and placing on duty 23,000 Customs and Border Patrol agents.
Permanently ends 'Catch and Release' by providing the resources necessary to detain up to 45,000 aliens per day.
Funding for 300 miles of vehicle barriers at the border.
Funding for 105 ground-based radar and camera towers.
Funding for the deployment of 4 unmanned aerial vehicles at the border.
Funding to handle the deportation of absconders and visa overstays.
In the age of terrorism, regaining operational control of our nation's borders is a national security issue of the highest order. We need more boots on the ground, more miles of fencing, better technology which acts as a force multiplier, additional detention beds, and unmanned vehicles. The Graham Amendment provides funding for these important and much-needed changes in federal policy.
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