• Increases the number of Customs and Border Protection personnel by 5,000 over five years and an increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement inspectors by 5,000 over five years.
• Authorizes $5 billion over five years to acquire new technology, construct roads, fences and barriers, and purchase air assets like helicopters.
• Increases criminal penalties for human smuggling, falsifying work/entry documents and drug trafficking.
• Increases attorneys assigned to immigration cases by 1,000 over five years.
• Adds 500 immigration judges over five years.
• Increases the number of jail beds available for immigration detention and removal by 15,000 by 2010.
• Authorizes a comprehensive border infrastructure overhaul.
• Reauthorizes the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) through 2011, while increasing the bond a detained alien must pay to be released from custody to $5,000.
• Eliminates conditional parole for detained aliens.
• Calls on the General Services Administration with the Department of Homeland Security to identify and prioritize border crossing improvements on the Mexican and Canadian borders.

Senator Talent Said "No" To Amnesty

Senator Talent voted against the Senate amnesty bill. He has said this is a nation of immigrants, but it's also a nation of laws. Senator Talent believes Congress should not give the benefits of citizenship to those who have entered the country unlawfully; and it's especially unfair to put them at the front of the line ahead of those who have waited patiently for years to enter the country lawfully.

Senator Talent Said "Yes" To A Border Security Fence

As Missouri's senator, Jim Talent will continue changing Washington to support strong and effective measures to secure the border.