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I will move on to what is perhaps the most important amendment in this group: Amendment 13. This would allow the commander to issue binding directions to partner authorities. Without that, what exactly is this office and its purpose? What is the point of having a Border Security Commander if they cannot direct or co-ordinate the very agencies charged with securing our borders? Our fear is that, without granting the commander the ability to actually command all aspects of our border security apparatus, all the Government will be doing is creating another layer of bureaucracy in an already complex operating arrangement.