they're not a long of-term solution. >> woodruff: rick nelson, how do you see what difference they'll make? >> very minimal. it will free up some additional law enforcement access to focus on guarding the border itself but at the end of the day this is more an interim solution and indicative of the fact we need comprehensive immigration reform if we're going to solve this problem or address this problem once and for all. >> woodruff: are you saying it may not even be worth doing this? >> i think we have to ask ourselves why are we deploying them to the border? what is the reason for doing this? it's going to have minimal impact but it's not going to solve our larger immigration issue that we're struggling with and the violence is just a product of that. >> woodruff: how do you view the balance of whether it's worth it to add 1200? >> i think it is in that they can be immediately deployed. when you look at the rest of the 500 million, which is only a step towards what really needs to be done, it is focused on deploying some longer term solutions-- more border patrol agents, constructin