; or (ii) detain the alien for further consideration of an application for asylum, which shall include a determination of credible fear of persecution. . 9. Minimum staffing levels (a) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that there are always not fewer than 10,000 full-time equivalent employees in the Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (b) U.S. Border Patrol The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the authorized personnel level for United States Border Patrol agents is not fewer than 25,000 agents, excluding Border Patrol Reserve Agents and Border Patrol Processing Coordinators. (c) Office of Field Operations The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the authorized personnel level for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the Office of Field Operations is not fewer than 25,000 officers, excluding Agriculture Specialists. 10. Mandatory detention funding Section 386(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1368(a) ) is amended to read as follows: (a) Increase in detention facilities (1) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that sufficient detention facilities are available for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to comply with the mandatory detention requirements under section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225 ). (2) Funding In addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated for such purpose, the Secretary of Homeland Security may use any mandatory fees collected by the Department of Homeland Security for expenses incurred by the Secretary to inspect, detain, transport, and provide medical care and any other needed goods or services to aliens who have been detained pursuant to section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225 ). . 11. Report requirement Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security