Here ya go: more staffing Trumpeted, if you will, then never filled. Then interior ICE enforcement redeployed to the border, so less enforcement within the country than under Obama:
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/10/border-patrol-recruitment-crisis-1157171
Thanks for the link.
Sounds like the problem isn’t so much that they’ve dragged their feet on hiring people, but more because they have a hard time finding people who will accept the pay and work environment being offered. Assuming that Politico is correct (a bit of a stretch) I really don’t like that lie detector test results are being diluted.
Not being able to hold onto people is a fairly common complaint of those in charge at DHS. Having a strong economy with jobs all over the place doesn’t help.