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Why should they? They (Congress) FUNDED 1000 more BP, and GWB hired 200. Who is the FAILURE here?

Something does not add up . . .

"We've added 534 new Border Patrol agents in Arizona and 23 new aircraft," he said. "We're very aware of the frustration that exists along the border and we share some of those frustrations."
. . . A Richardson spokesman said Chertoff called the governor yesterday and assured him that security along the border is a priority for DHS and that some of the 1,000 border patrol agents expected to be added next year will be posted to New Mexico.
24 August 2005

You are right- something does not add up. You are claiming that 534 additions in AZ are NEW HIRES? I did not see that in your reference- just that 534 were being added in AZ, I did not see where they were being pulled from.Check this out: "Border Patrol hiring ripped By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES Senate Democrats yesterday challenged President Bush's decision to hire 210 new Border Patrol agents for next fiscal year, saying he reneged on a promise to add 2,000 agents when he signed the intelligence overhaul bill in December. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the Bush proposal, submitted as part of the Homeland Security Department's $41.1 billion budget, "ignores the stark reality of the resources needed to secure the homeland." At a meeting of the Appropriations homeland security subcommittee, Mr. Byrd said the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act signed Dec. 6 by Mr. Bush authorized the hiring of 2,000 new agents in each of the next five years, and in a letter that day to Congress, the president called the bill "an important step in strengthening our immigration laws by ... increasing the number of Border Patrol agents." Democrats have made the Border Patrol funding an issue in the past month, arguing that it shows that the president's priorities are misplaced — both on border security and on the broader issue of immigration reform. Last month, House Democrats tried to block a Republican-backed bill to crack down on illegal immigrants' use of driver's licenses and limit asylum claims, arguing that Mr. Bush should first fund the promised number of Border Patrol agents as a way of proving that he is serious about homeland security. "( This is an excerpt from Mar 3, 2005, Washington Times)

And, yes, something else doesn't add up. I was incorrect- the congress authorized 2000 per year, Bush hired 210.