U.S. Ports Of Entry Los In Immigration Reform Debate

Immigration Reform Debate Ignores Super Important Issue
NOGALES, AZ - MAY 15: Visitors to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico wait to return to the United States at the U.S. Port of Entry station May 14, 2006 in Nogales, Arizona. U.S. President George W. Bush will address the nation on the immigration issue May 15. (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images)
NOGALES, AZ - MAY 15: Visitors to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico wait to return to the United States at the U.S. Port of Entry station May 14, 2006 in Nogales, Arizona. U.S. President George W. Bush will address the nation on the immigration issue May 15. (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images)

A lack of resources has made the legal ports of entry a weak link in the border, yet the Senate's immigration bill focuses almost entirely on the desert in between.

The bill, now facing a tough battle in the House, would nearly double the number of Border Patrol agents. But it would barely add any field officers who are responsible for keeping drugs and terrorists from slipping through and getting travelers and trade quickly across the border.

Initial talks about changes in immigration law focused on beefing up the legal entry points. But an amendment designed to win more Republican support changed that.

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