US: Plan to divert TSA agents to Southwest border causes concern
US members of Congress and airport stakeholders reacted with apprehension to reports that TSA will divert hundreds of agents from airports to the southwestern border with Mexico to deal with a surge of migrant crossings, following separate Customs and Border Protection diversions of hundreds of CBP Officers to the US-Mexico border earlier in May. Up to 175 law enforcement officials and as many as 400 people from TSA Security Ops, as well as federal air marshals, could be sent to the border to relieve logistical challenges posed by the large number of migrants there. The Airports Council International-North America said US airports are “very concerned that the deployment of TSA Officers to the border will further deplete limited staffing at security checkpoints and contribute to even longer passenger wait times.” <br/>
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US: Plan to divert TSA agents to Southwest border causes concern
US members of Congress and airport stakeholders reacted with apprehension to reports that TSA will divert hundreds of agents from airports to the southwestern border with Mexico to deal with a surge of migrant crossings, following separate Customs and Border Protection diversions of hundreds of CBP Officers to the US-Mexico border earlier in May. Up to 175 law enforcement officials and as many as 400 people from TSA Security Ops, as well as federal air marshals, could be sent to the border to relieve logistical challenges posed by the large number of migrants there. The Airports Council International-North America said US airports are “very concerned that the deployment of TSA Officers to the border will further deplete limited staffing at security checkpoints and contribute to even longer passenger wait times.” <br/>
