TSA, remove their shoes and airport security checkpoints
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Travelers no longer have to take off their shoes at US airports. The TSA will begin the new approach at airports nationwide. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem unveiled the change on Tuesday at Ronald Reagan National Airport. You can finally keep your shoes on at airport security.
Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration, announced the change in a press conference on July 8. The new TSA policy went into effect immediately. “TSA will no longer require travelers to remove their shoes when they go through our security checkpoint," Noem said.
Kristi Noem holds a press briefing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to announce an end to the TSA's policy of requiring passengers to remove their shoes at security checkpoints.