We could use more Border Patrol agents, true. But it wouldn't take very many, certainly not a million. We could make a real dent just by having a President and congress who understand the problem and stop acting from their special interests.
BPAs want to do the job, but are slapped down every time by politcians, or hopeful ones like Asa Hutchinson. Politicians want to pander to the Hispanics, but don't realize that even legal Hispanics want the illegals stopped.
All it takes is the political will to ENFORCE the laws on the books, and to get the heck out of the way. To say (like Asa)that Americans don't really want this fixed is assinine and patently false.
My boss had a great line for folks like you: "Any job is easy if you're not the one doing the work."
I've done the manpower studies; you need enough BPAs on post to deter people from attempting to cross in the first place. Once the border jumper makes the decision to go, the battle is half lost. Deterring the border jumper means that you have to make it obvious that he will almost certainly be detained and deported. That works out to about 50,000 on patrol, 50,000 as a reaction force, and 5 bodies per individual on duty (unless you're planning on not enforcing the border at night and on weekends). Then add 1 support position for each person employed in actually chasing down illegals. Guess what the number works out to?
All it takes is the political will to ENFORCE the laws on the books, and to get the heck out of the way. To say (like Asa)that Americans don't really want this fixed is assinine and patently false.
One BPA could change your tune in an instant: "Your papers, sir."
Followed by your vanity post about how America just became a police state...