(Border Patrol agents to be hired)….A lot of them.

President Trump has mandated that Customs and Border Protection hire 5,000 new Border Patrol agents. The CBP has awarded a $297 million contract to a private company to help recruit the new agents and other workers. The new recruitment comes at a time when the Border Patrol is struggling to meet minimum staffing levels mandated by Congress and is losing more agents than it hires. The hiring process is a five-year program.