Thread: Hatch Urges Napolitano to Maintain Border Agents

Hatch Urges Napolitano to Maintain Border Agents

Associated Press Associated Press Writer

11:00 AM MDT, October 7, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is asking Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to maintain or increase the number of U.S. border patrol agents. In a letter sent Tuesday, Hatch and other senators asked Napolitano to provide a written response her plans to tackle the concerns regarding border security. Hatch says a recent Government Accountability Office report on border issues acknowledges that the country's southern and northern borders are still porous and easily breached.

Hatch has recently voted for amendments in a bill that would require 700 miles of border fence with double-layer blocking barriers be funded and built.

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http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cf ... 0f70d02384

HATCH URGES NAPOLITANO TO MAINTAIN STRENGTH OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS

WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), along with Sens. Grassley, Cornyn, Kyl, Coburn, Sessions, McCain, and Hutchison, are asking Secretary Janet Napolitano “to confirm that the current strength of 17,415 [Border Patrol] agents will be maintained or increased in fiscal year 2010.â€

Thank you senators:
Senator Orrin Hatch
Senator Chuck Grassley
Senator Jeff Sessions
Senator John McCain
Senator Tom Coburn
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Senator Jon Kyl
Senator John Cornyn

Out of 60 senators it is disappointing and yet not surprising that only 8 signed the letter.