PHOENIX (AP) — A border security expo set for Phoenix this week comes at a bad time for companies hoping to sell their high-tech wares to the federal government amid massive spending cuts that are affecting every agency, including the U.S. Border Patrol.

The expo, put on by Eagle Eye Expositions, is set for Tuesday and Wednesday. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Fisher and David Aguilar, deputy commissioner of U. S. Customs and Border Protection, were expected to speak at the event, organizers said, but they canceled due to the so-called sequester that brought $43 billion in across-the-board cuts.