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Sept. 18, 2010
"The $600 million bill recently approved by Congress will pay for 1,000 new Border Patrol agents, 250 new Customs and Border Protection officers, and two unmanned aerial drones to provide surveillance on the U.S. side of the border.
Of the 1,200 National Guard Troops, Arizona will get 524, Texas will get 250, California will get 224 and New Mexico will get 72, with the remainder serving in supervisory or support positions.
The Border Patrol is better staffed than at any time in its 85-year history, having doubled the number of agents from approximately 10,000 in 2004 to more than 20,000 today . . .