[ninty]

"Officials suggested their mission would be to play a supporting role by providing intelligence, training, transportation, construction and other functions, while leaving the actual guarding of the 2,000-mile line separating the United States and Mexico to the Border Patrol."

So they will not be involved in enforcement. If thats the case, really what good are they then? How do they stop illegal immigration if they don't get to chase down the illegal immigrants? If the border patrol is overstreched, then how can intelligence and transportation help?