border agents to adequately screen immigrants en-
tering the United States at such border; and 
(3) explore information sharing programs with 
countries of interest to adequately screen immi-
grants entering our borders. 
(b) INCREASE IN DETENTION BEDS.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall increase by the amount necessary the num-
ber of detention beds needed to detain all immigrants ap-
prehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Office of Detention and Removal Operation 
should be placed under the operational control of the Com-
missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, since 
the largest client of such office is the Border Patrol. 
SEC. 3. STUDY OF PERSONNEL LEVELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall contract with an independent entity to undertake 
a study to determine the necessary level and allocation of 
personnel, including support staff, at United States ports 
of entry and border patrol sectors. 
(b) ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such study shall take 
into account at least the following: 
(1) The overall mission of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection.
(2) Threat and vulnerability information per-
taining to the Nation’s borders and ports of entry 
(3) The impact of new border security pro-
grams, policies and technologies, and the level of 
cross-training received by all staff. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees, as defined in 
section 2(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101(2)), a report on the study conducted under 
this section. 
SEC. 4. ONGOING TRAINING OF BORDER SECURITY PER-
SONNEL. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide ap-
propriate training for all border security personnel, and 
associated support staff on an ongoing basis to utilize new 
technologies and to ensure that the proficiency levels of 
such personnel are acceptable to protect the borders of the 
United States. 
SEC. 5. PROMPT AND PROPER ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
(1) prosecutors and immigration judges are 
critical for the prompt and proper enforcement of
our immigration laws, and are an important part of 
a comprehensive strategy; and 
(2) an insufficient number of prosecutors and 
immigration judges currently exists to enforce the 
immigration laws of the United States. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated amounts necessary to provide for ap-
propriate staff increases for judicial and prosecutorial of-
fices, commensurate with other personnel increases di-
rected in this Act. 
SEC. 6. REPORT ON DETENTION AND REMOVAL OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees (as defined in section 2(2) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(2))) a report on detention and 
removal operations, detailing the amount of additional de-
tention space and resources required to detain all persons 
presenting a possible threat to homeland security. 
(b) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
shall include information on—
(1) alternatives to detention, including elec-
tronic monitoring, telephone, and voice recognition 
programs for those on bond, and conducting depor-