- The DHS ends the ‘shoes’ policy after almost two decades.
- He says that change will optimize security and reduce waiting times.
- The rule was introduced in 2006 after the attempted shoes.
Passengers traveling through the US airports.
The policy considered ‘humiliation’ by many was in place during the last twenty years, since even the dignitaries witnessed their shoes and walk barefoot for security authorization.
The US Secretary of National Security. UU., Kristi Noem, has announced that passengers can keep shoes on while passing through the security screening at TSA control points.
According to the National Security Department, the new policy will increase hospitality for travelers and will rationalize the TSA security control point, which leads to lower waiting times.
The transport security administration had imposed this policy in August 2006 after an alleged terrorist (Abdel Rahim) Richard Reid, tried to fly a passenger plane using matches to light hidden explosives in his basketball shoes.
The so -called ‘shoe bomber’ was flying to Miami from Paris when a hostess noticed that he tried to burn shoes loaded with explosives. Reid was taken and the flight was redirected to Boston, where this Muslim convert was arrested and declared himself guilty of charges related to terrorism.
“The end of the” shoes “policy is the last effort that DHS is implementing to modernize and improve the experience of travelers in the airports of our nation,” said Secretary Noem.
According to the United States Department of Transportation, more than one billion passengers traveled through US airports in 2023. And the number increased even more in 2024.
“We hope that this change will drastically decrease the waiting times of the passengers in our TSA control points, which leads to a more pleasant and efficient passenger experience. As always, security remains our highest priority. Thanks to our vanguard technological advances and the multiple safety approach, we are sure of this change while we maintain the highest level of security of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision of the vision ”Said Secretary Noem.
Other aspects of the TSA layer security approach will still be applied during the TSA control point process. For example, subject passengers must still clear the verification of identity, safe flight research and other processes.
Finishing the “shoes” policy is the last one of a series of changes that DHS has implemented since the Trump administration entered the position.
In May, TSA began to implement real identification at the airport control points that has seen a 94% compliance rate that has led to a more efficient security process.
