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Has met with the border patrol, along with many other in the congressional delegation to ask them to clarify their mission. >> martha. martha: well, who supports the border patrol in all of this, dan? >> reporter: well, you've got lots of people. the people who aren't very vocal are supporting them, also, people who are opposed to illegal immigration, they say this is clearly part of their core mission, they also say that the northern border does not have a big influx of people coming across, looking for jobs but those who have come across the southern border and up there are taking jobs just ...

U.s. lawmakers but in washington state there are new calls to actually cut down on the number of security agents along that state's border with canada. why? well dan springer might be able to explain. he is live in seattle there are some reports, dan, that congress think this is border is wide open. so why cut down on security? >> reporter: well that's right. the general accountability office came out with a report this past summer and said only 32 miles of the 4,000-mile long border are actually secure and yet, some lawmakers and citizen groups say there are too many agents along that border ...