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DHS says travelers can keep shoes on at TSA screenings, cites updated technology
5457272 · July 24, 2025
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At a DHS briefing Tricia McLaughlin said the department is changing TSA screening practices so travelers may keep shoes on, attributing the change to technology improvements since 2006; the briefing did not cite a formal TSA policy directive.
Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said travelers may now keep their shoes on during Transportation Security Administration screening, attributing the change to advances in screening…
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