At COA’s Annual Conference, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spoke on the administration’s efforts to address cyber security, immigration reform, and increase cooperation with Mexico on drug-related violence.

“Border resources need to be sustained, even when focus is elsewhere,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in her comments on border security at COA’s Washington Conference.

The shift in focus between the U.S. and Mexican presidents puts off necessary discussions around two issues that also require bilateral cooperation.