claim: says she has "quadrupled agents to secure our border."
author: kay bailey hutchison
evidence_1: aug 9, 2018 ... national security ... she will oversee 20,000 agents as well as the trump ... “ there are many women who have paved the way for me getting here,” she said. “ i may ... the border patrol has more than quadrupled in size during ...
evidence_2: may 10, 2011 ... the border patrol has 20000 agents –- more than twice as many as ... ... security  agents along the u.s. border with mexico, but he said critics ...
evidence_3: feb 22, 2017 ... secure checkpoints along the american-mexican border have ...  methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, all entering the borders,” said ... the  amount of heroin nabbed by agents has quadrupled since 2010 and meth  seizures have tripled. smugglers hide the drugs wherever they can: often tucked  deep ...
evidence_4: jun 24, 2018 ... that data point is on a course to quadruple from the previous year, according to  u.s. customs and border protection, where officials say they are ... “they're  probably trying to get eyeballs on agents out in the field and see where ...  entering the country illegally, homeland security is scrambling to identify ...
evidence_5: jun 25, 2018 ... i quickly realized on my visit that there's not a perfect fix,”rep. ... the number of  family units entering the country illegally has quadrupled from last ... “while we try  to show compassion to everyone, keeping our border secure is a top priority. ...  patrol agents and their hard work,” congressman marshall said.