Quote Originally Posted by Danny
its 6000 additional! lol.. pay attention.. i belive he mentioned we had about 6000 existing border patrol... totaling well over 10,000. He is bringing in National Guard for the short term, while the new border patrol officers are in training. Did I miss somthing?

trust me I did pay attention. The guardsmen would be used as a support team...most of the 6000 border patrol officers now are over worked and using out dated equipment. He also said there are 1000 more still in training. The guard will be trying to help organize the border patrol, so you will not see those 6000 guardsmen doing actual field work. Some will be setting up new commo systems, some will be doing clerical work, some will help with the fence construction....so it's really not as many one would think that would be doing any border enforcement.