Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Cuts At U.S. Border Possible

Deep spending cuts by the U.S. Government could be felt along the border in International Falls.

Janet Napolitano, the Obama Administration's homeland security chief, says spending will be slashed by 85-billion dollars on Friday unless Congress reaches a deal to avert the planned cuts.

Napolitano says if the cuts go ahead, the equivalent of five-thousand border patrol agent positions will be eliminated.