Sequester Backpeddle: DHS re-evaluates furloughs, overtime cuts [View all]
Homeland Security latest agency to soft sequester impact after raising alarm
UPDATED 23:11 PM EDT, April 1, 2013 | ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department says it's re-evaluating plans to furlough border agents and cut overtime because of the automatic federal government spending cuts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday the agency will postpone previously announced plans to furlough border patrol agents and officers for at least 14 days.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has previously said the forced budget cuts would mean the equivalent of losing about 5,000 border patrol agents.
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