Two years ago President Trump signed an executive order to hire 15,000 new border agents.
As a consequence, Customs and Border Protection paid $60.7 million to the
consulting firm Accenture Federal Services to recruit, vet and hire 7,500
such officers over five years.
While pricey in the private sector that figure of $8,000 per recruit sounds like a reasonable outlay by federal government law-enforcement standards.
In two years the Trump contractor has hired 33 officers.
Amortized cost is just under $2 million per recruit. Yup.
Meanwhile, historic lows in illegal immigration on the US-Mexican border has prompted the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to question whether more hires are even necessary.
Just the facts and truth. Move along now. Nothing to see. No crisis here.
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