One of my very good friends is in the BP. He is a smart guy, fluent in 3 languages, history degree from UW, as well as just a really funny genuine friend. He worked on the CA/WA border for a year, but left telling me it was "Just too boring", and most of the time was spent interrogating and then transferring illegals from the Border to INS in
Tacoma.

In his opinion the extra funding for BP and HS has just increased the amount of paperwork and beareaucrats with nothing to do at places like PA, and Bellingham. He has transferred back to AZ, where he tells me it is "Not Boring" and would feel a lot better at times if he had an entire army of BP agents with him.