u.s. lawmakers but in washington state there are new calls to actually cut down on the number of security agents along that state's border with canada. why? well dan springer might be able to explain. he is live in seattle there are some reports, dan, that congress think this is border is wide open. so why cut down on security? >> reporter: well that's right. the general accountability office came out with a report this past summer and said only 32 miles of the 4,000-mile long border are actually secure and yet, some lawmakers and citizen groups say there are too many agents along that border with canada. they don't have enough to do. what they're doing is going after illegal immigrants who have been in this country for years. we've seen groups formed and rallies held in protest of random highway checkpoints and ferry checks. the border patrol since backed away from both practices but agents have not stopped detaining and deporting illegal immigrants. it led to increasing friction between some of the locals who see it as racial