same time. the only way to do that is with technology. the only way you stop the drugs coming in is to make sure the ports of entry have the drugs you need. you need additional men and women in border patrol. but there's already 2,000 positions that are unfilled. why are they unfilled? because there's retention problems within border patrol. so these are all the issues that need to be addressed. >> there's also hiring issues from what i understand with border patrol. it's a you know, a rigorous standard. you've got to find people willing to live in some cases in remote areas for not lot of pay. it is just i can't remember the exact statistic, but the number of people that they actually have to kind of interview and go through the process to actually get one border patrol agent is high. >> it's inkrcredibly high. i think the beginning, the first half of last year, i think it was only a net increase of about 126. that's a pretty low number. but again, you know, i've been involved, my first bill i got signed into law was something addressing border patrol pay.