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The US Congress has approved hiring 1,000 new Border Patrol Agents in the fiscal year 2005-2006.
The US Homeland Security spending Bill also included money for 250 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators and 460 detention and removal personnel.
This also brings the total number of detention beds to 20,300.
"The Bill is critical to successfully tightening enforcement along our borders. However, it is just the first step," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Friday.
The Bill has now been passed by both Houses and President Bush is expected to sign it.
