Janet Napolitano: Obama Administration

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Dept: WASHINGTON - Janet Napolitano, the Obama administration's homeland security chief, warned Tuesday that the looming array of U.S. spending cuts known as sequestration will cause pain for Canadians, in particular at the busy Canada-U.S. border, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "In fact, trade-wise, they're probably the No. 1 or 2 crossing places in the world. As sequester evolves and we have to furlough people who are port officers, and not fill vacant positions, and not pay overtime, we're unfortunately going to see those lines really stretch." Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, accompanied by White House press secretary Jay Carney, briefs reporters on the sequester, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at the White House in Washington. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak "Sequester will be felt up there because there's only a few big crossing places for trade on the Canadian-U.S. border and they're really important crossing places," she said at the Brookings Institution think tank. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.