talk more specifically about the president s timetable for bringing about comprehensive immigration reform, for getting republicans to the table, and how much will this be contingent on the outcome of the november election? are you concerned that if republicans increase in strength, then the prospect diminishes? well, i think the purpose of our briefing here today is to talk about this bill, its significance, the fact that it passed in a bipartisan fashion and very swiftly. i mean, the president made a formal request for this supplemental funding, i think, in june, and we are now we have already begun moving resources in addition to what we had already put at the border to the border. this will allow us to make some of those movements permanent. and the addition of a thousand more border patrol agents on top of the 20,000 we already have, that is significant. 200 more i.c.e. agents that we can devote to special investigations involving the cartels that use that border and its traff
that border and its trafficking routes that is very significant. unman aired y all systems that we can add to the ones that we already have along with the fixed wing and helicopters that we have that allows us to have the capacity for 24/7 air coverage along this border. this is the most kind of systemic border security package when you add everything together, that has happened that we have ever seen. not to be impolite. but now that you have this bill, clearly lace the groundwork for [ inaudible ] how much is it contingent on the elections? the president has said from the beginning that he has invited congress to the table but again, as was said earlier, this is in the hands of the congress and they will need to address this in a bipartisan
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