US border patrol understaffed by roughly 2,000 agents

By Fox News —— Bio and Archives November 16, 2017

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The federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing the United States border is losing its agents faster than it can hire them. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is roughly 2,000 agents short of its required 21,000 agents, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).-- More...