Congress? Act? Congress isn't for doing things....
Actually, they seem to be doing (legislating), or trying to do, much more than I thought . . . though not enough. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on management and oversight, said Congress must approve funding for additional Border Patrol agents. “Americans would be outraged if they really knew how porous that border is down there and how grossly understaffed the Border Patrol and Customs people are,” Rogers told reporters during a conference call. [. . .] The Homeland Security subcommittee has oversight of federal spending for border-related programs, and Rogers said more is needed to improve conditions for federal law enforcement to effectively fight an onslaught of undocumented immigrants. An increase in funding for new Border Patrol agents is included in the $30.8 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. House and Senate lawmakers are trying to resolve differences in the bill in a conference committee. Congress has authorized spending for an additional 10,000 new Border Patrol agents over the next five years. Rogers urged conferees to approve as least 1,000 of those positions in the Homeland Security bill for fiscal year 2006, which begins Oct. 1. In addition, Rogers said the Department of Homeland Security must work quickly to implement the $2.5 billion program that establishes infrared cameras along the border to track undocumented crossers and smugglers.