has met with the border patrol, along with many other in the congressional delegation to ask them to clarify their mission. martha. martha: well, who supports the border patrol in all of this, dan? reporter: well, you ve got lots of people. the people who aren t very vocal are supporting them, also, people who are opposed to illegal immigration, they say this is clearly part of their core mission, they also say that the northern border does not have a big influx of people coming across, looking for jobs but those who have come across the southern border and up there are taking jobs just the came. same. supporters point out the northern border has been crossed twice by terrorists, one guy got caught at the better, the otherfuls killed in new york city, making a bomb. the reality is these terrorist organizations and criminal organizations will prey on areas where they see a weakness and where we are no presence. reporter: under public pressure and also pressure from that cong
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 betwe