Before 9/11, families could walk passengers to airport gates; 25 years later a TSA pilot is bringing that back at 13 US airports for PreCheck members

Before 9/11, families could walk passengers to airport gates; 25 years later a TSA pilot is bringing that back at 13 US airports for PreCheck members

For many travellers, the biggest benefit is spending more time with loved ones before or after a flight. Before 9/11, families could walk passengers to airport gates; 25 years later a TSA pilot is bringing that back at 13 US airports for PreCheck membersPeople flying through Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona can now have family … Read more

New TSA PreCheck program allows non-travelers past security – all about Gateside

A new Transportation Security Administration program is allowing some people to cross the airport security checkpoint and walk a loved one to the gate. The once-routine tradition is being brought back at a time when the airport security checkpoint marked the place where families have been saying goodbye for over two decades. New TSA PreCheck … Read more

ICE agents deployed at airports during TSA pay crisis: Which airports are affected?

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ice) officials have begun showing up at U.S. airports as the ongoing partial U.S. government shutdown affects the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents cause passenger delays. ICE agents were deployed to U.S. airports on Monday. Demonstrators protest against ICE at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 23, 2026. (AFP … Read more

Why are ICE agents getting paid during the government shutdown but the TSA is not? explain

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Ongoing partial closure Department of Homeland Security (Department of Homeland Security) creates a divide among workers Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration, where one group receives a salary and the other receives no salary. The legislation would spend more than $170 billion on immigration enforcement through 2029, far more than the Department … Read more