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It is no secret that traveling to the United States means following ultra-tight rules to enter the country and control control. Even tourists in the United States fly domestically must adhere to strict protocols. For example, TSA can deny the dormitory if you do not have a “real ID” with the deadline that is always in 2025.

In addition, The known Crewmember program, which allows the flight crew members. However, this is not the only thing that could be abolished.

There are new news about TSA, but this time, it’s about important changes that can change the air travel for a long time. This is because the American government agency will soon be a farthest memory.

Two Senators introduced the bill to remove TSA

Known as the TSA Act 2025, the bill is intended to privatize security inspections

On March 27, Senator Mike Lee and Tommy Tuberville introduced the TSA Act called 2025. The main goal is to uncover the transportation security administration, a government agency that is mostly known for air travel safety work.

Commenting on the Bill, Mr. Lee declared:

Our bill privatize security functionality at American airports under the Flight Safety Surveillance Office, bringing this bureaucratic monster to the end. American families can travel safely without feeling the army of federal workers.

The TSA will be replaced by private agencies, allegedly ‘improving cost efficiency and security.’ The bill mentioned a three -year transition period to do so. The TSA Act 2025 also ordered the creation of the ‘Aviation Security Supervision Office in the Federal Aviation Administration.’

The TSA Act 2025 has not been approved, and it is still unclear whether it will happen. Prior to being signed by the law, it must be first approved by the relevant committee and then through two congress halls.

However, this is not the first time the Trump administration has proposed unveiling a public agency. For example, Elon Musk recently made the news for his privatization speech about the most popular Quasi-Watch train company in the United States, Amtrak; However, Amtrak praised for a brief statement in which he answered Musk’s comments. However, a few days after the millionaire speech, Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Stephen Garden, resigned from his position.

What exactly is TSA?

Established in 2001, the agency aims to secure the US transport system

The TSA was established in 2001 following a 9/11 terrorist attack. President George Bush created this government agency as the US Department of Homeland Security Department (DHS). The TSA is formed to protect flights as well as train and passenger trains, highways, and ports.

The agency has more than 65,000 employees and filters 904 million passengers in 2024. In the same year, it examined 494 million bags, a 5.3% increase over the previous year.

But if this agency is so important for air travel safety, why does the Trump administration want to eliminate it?

Why do some lawmakers want to eliminate TSA?

Safety problems, failure to detect weapons, and high expenses are just a few reasons

There are several reasons why some lawmakers Republicans believe TSA should be dismantled. For example, there are privacy issues. The new TSA -recently introduced a face scan technology, which was hardly criticized in a letter written by a bipartisan senator, stating:

This technology will soon be used in hundreds of major and mid-air airports without free assessment of technology or audit accuracy whether there is sufficient protection to protect passenger privacy.

In addition, members of the Grand Old Party (GOP) said the agency was always poor despite its high budget. Lee says:

TSA not only invaded the privacy and personal space of most Americans, it also repeatedly failed to test weapons and explosives.

Not by chance, in 2017, a study revealed that TSA failed to stop passengers with weapons in more than 70% of cases. More about this data represents an increase from the previous years.

Commenting on the decision to abolish the TSA, Mr Tuberville, one of the two senators who introduced the bill, declared:

It is an inflatable agency – full of waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars – which has led to unnecessary delays, decreased invasive bags, and disappointment for tourists.

It is also important to note that not all US airports have TSA filtering. Defer article by Washington Examiner20 airports across the country, including San Francisco International and Orlando Sanford International, were presented by private companies.

The TSA Act 2025 seems to be another attempt by the current president’s administration to narrow down the federal workforce by eliminating several government and quasi-AWAM agencies, from Amtrak to National Park Services.

The This new federal worker hired a freeze has caused a lot of damage to the National Park nationwide, resulting in cancellation of reservations and large delays. Only the time will tell if the bill will pass and how it will affect the security of the US air travel.