Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007

SEC. 128. BORDER PATROL TRAINING CAPACITY REVIEW.

(a) In General- The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the basic training provided to Border Patrol agents by the Secretary to ensure that such training is provided as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

(b) Components of Review- The review under subsection (a) shall include the following components:

(1) An evaluation of the length and content of the basic training curriculum provided to new Border Patrol agents by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including a description of how such curriculum has changed since September 11, 2001, and an evaluation of language and cultural diversity training programs provided within suchcurriculum.

(2) A review and a detailed breakdown of the costs incurred by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to train 1 new Border Patrol agent.

(3) A comparison, based on the review and breakdown under paragraph (2), of the costs, effectiveness, scope, and quality, including geographic characteristics, with other similar training programs provided by State and local agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and the private sector.

(4) An evaluation of whether utilizing comparable non-Federal training programs, proficiency testing, and long-distance learning programs may affect--

(A) the cost-effectiveness of increasing the number of Border Patrol agents trained per year;

(B) the per agent costs of basic training; and

(C) the scope and quality of basic training needed to fulfill the mission and duties of a Border Patrol agent.

Comments

2007-05-22 16:57:33

s129 Notice - there is no sunset on the retention of fingerprint data that is gathered and shared in these systems, especially if it is gathered on someone who turns out later to be a legal resident of the US, or worse, a citizen.

R Brown
2007-05-22 16:57:33

Sec 131 Document Fraud Detection "(a) "Subject to availability of appropriations...." Means if Congress does not appropriate funds, this section means nothing.

John Q
2007-05-22 16:57:33

Section 130 in the proposed immigration reform law now pending in the U.S. Senate would require implementation of the "exit" portion of the U.S. VISIT visitor entry/exit tracking system at America's 300 or so land ports of entry - a program the Bush administration shelved at the end of 2006 because it was too technologically difficult and costly. PublicDiplomacyWatch.com has the details.