Irony Alert: Shutdown Forces Cancellation Of Border Security Conference

A gate on the US side of the US-Meixcan border fence is seen on June 14, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (Photo by Gianrigo MARLETTA / AFP) (Photo credit should read GIANRIGO MARLETTA/AFP/Getty Images)

In an ironic twist, the government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s border wall has forced the State Department to cancel an international conference on border security.

According to a Tuesday CNN report, the 16th International Export Control and Border Security Conference slated for February has been indefinitely cancelled “due to uncertainty associated with the continuing partial U.S. federal government shutdown.”

The conference is called to discuss how to halt the transfer of weapons over borders.