AOL by Rachel Cohrs 7/7/2018
Five days after his inauguration, President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add 5,000 Border Patrol agents to a staff of roughly 20,000.
But instead of gaining agents, the Border Patrol has been losing them.
A Government Accountability Office report last week found that attrition has outstripped improvements in recruiting and hiring.
Rep. Filemon Vela, a Texas Democrat, requested the report along with three other representatives and two senators.
The Border Patrol, part of Customs and Border Protection and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled its recruitment budget from $432,775 in fiscal year 2015 to $1,019,182 in 2016 and $1,019,940 in 2017.
Five days after his inauguration, President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add 5,000 Border Patrol agents to a staff of roughly 20,000.
But instead of gaining agents, the Border Patrol has been losing them.
A Government Accountability Office report last week found that attrition has outstripped improvements in recruiting and hiring.
Rep. Filemon Vela, a Texas Democrat, requested the report along with three other representatives and two senators.
The Border Patrol, part of Customs and Border Protection and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled its recruitment budget from $432,775 in fiscal year 2015 to $1,019,182 in 2016 and $1,019,940 in 2017.
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