Report: Focus on Mexican border may cost northern resources

Plans to reduce staffing shortages on the U.S. border with Canada could be hindered because the focus is on border security at the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a report by the federal Government Accountability Office.The U.S. Border Patrol, the agency responsible for securing the land border with Canada between ports and entry, and the Air and Marine Operations, which provides aerial surveillance and along waterways both said they were experiencing shortages of staff and equipment that'