last year, our commerce justice state bill provided $10 million to expand the capacity at the overcrowded el pasontelligence center. and this is critical for our southwest border information sharing and has the potential to become the border's focal point to help stop the flow of narcotics, combat illegal immigration and end human trafficking and firearms smuggling. it is imperative that this el paso intelligence center and the dea take full advantage of the department of justice agencies, the fbi, the u.s. marshals and the atf, and i hope that you can give us an update on the status of this funding and the project. there have been reports that cartels across the border are attempting to recruit college students to smuggle drugs into the country, and it says that minors are more appealing because criminal penalties are lighter for them. one of the good parts of your budget request is $312 million programs, and i will be interested in hearing if you think -- if you're aware of these border threats to our youth and if some of that money that you are requesting could be put on the border to try to m

last year, our commerce justice state bill provided $10 million to expand the capacity of the overcrowded el paso intelligence center, and this is critical for our southwest border information sharing and has the potential to become the border's focal point to stop the flow of narcotics, combat illegal immigration. it is imperative that the el paso intelligence center and the dea take full advantage of resources available from the department of justice agencies, and i hope you can give us an update on the status of this funny. there have been reports that cartels across the border are attempting to recruit college students to smuggle drugs into the country, and it says minors are more appealing because criminal penalties are later for them. one of the good parts of your budget request is $312 million for juvenile justice prevention programs, and i will be interested in hearing if you think if you are aware of these border threats to our youth and if some of that money that you are requesting could be put on the border to try to make sure we try to help our youth overcome the cartel overtures. in