US legislators' concern grows over TSA wait-time impacts of diversions
The leadership of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is growing increasingly concerned about TSA’s plans to divert hundreds of transportation security officers and federal air marshals to assist hundreds of Customs and Border Protection officers already stationed at the Southwest border to address a surge of migrants there. May 23, they also registered strong opposition to recent reports that the agency plans to divert US$232m from TSA’s FY2019 budget to fund border operations—money Congress intended to fund the acquisition of advanced airport screening equipment and provide compensation to TSA employees who get injured on the job. “Deployment of FAMs would significantly diminish operational capacity,” the committee said. <br/>
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US legislators' concern grows over TSA wait-time impacts of diversions
The leadership of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is growing increasingly concerned about TSA’s plans to divert hundreds of transportation security officers and federal air marshals to assist hundreds of Customs and Border Protection officers already stationed at the Southwest border to address a surge of migrants there. May 23, they also registered strong opposition to recent reports that the agency plans to divert US$232m from TSA’s FY2019 budget to fund border operations—money Congress intended to fund the acquisition of advanced airport screening equipment and provide compensation to TSA employees who get injured on the job. “Deployment of FAMs would significantly diminish operational capacity,” the committee said. <br/>
