790 homeland security thugs will soon be terrorizing american citizens and mexican nationals along the mexico border Original Article Homeland Security funds to bring agents, construction to Ariz. Arthur H. Rotstein Associated Press Oct. 9, 2005 12:00 AM TUCSON - The massive Homeland Security appropriations bill that Congress passed will bring 790 new Border Patrol agents, including an unspecified number for Arizona. It also will provide $35 million for construction of roads, lights and barriers on the Arizona-Mexico border, and two replacement Border Patrol stations in the state - at Sonoita and Willcox - with facilities for processing and detaining illegal immigrants. The $31.9 billion budget package includes $9 billion for border security nationwide. Earlier this year, another 210 new Border Patrol agents were funded in President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget, and a supplemental budget package in support of the Iraqi war effort provided for 500 more Border Patrol agents and additional resources, said Sal Zamora, a Border Patrol spokesman in Washington. He said it was too soon to say where and how agents and other new resources will be deployed. "It would be safe to assume that the Southwest border is the focus and that Arizona and New Mexico will receive some of the new agents," he said. The Homeland Security bill also will add 250 U.S. Customs and immigration investigators and 460 other enforcement officers, along with about 1,800 beds in expanded detention facilities to improve capabilities for expedited removal of non-Mexican illegal immigrants who have been apprehended. The border and immigration provisions of the bill are "a huge step forward in getting serious about securing our border with Mexico," said Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. With the new detention facilities, there will be 20,300 beds nationwide for illegal immigrants caught from countries other than Mexico. Many now have to be released pending the removal process for lack of bed space, most of whom subsequently disappear within this country to avoid removal. Kyl said the $35 million in infrastructure investments will significantly improve the Border Patrol's ability to cover remote areas along the border.