Nearly 20-year Shoe-off Airport Security Policy Is Ended By Trump Administration

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced connected Tuesday nan contiguous extremity of nan shoe-off request astatine TSA information checkpoints astatine each airdrome nationwide.

Sec. Noem announced nan extremity to nan astir 20-year argumentation while astatine Ronald Reagan National Airport successful Washington, D.C., successful a property convention precocious Tuesday afternoon. 

"In those 20 years since that argumentation was put successful place, our information exertion has changed dramatically. It's evolved. TSA has changed," she said astatine nan presser. 

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"We person a multi-layered, whole-of-government attack now to information and to nan situation that group expect and acquisition erstwhile they travel into an airdrome that has been honed and it's been hardened," said Noem. 

She added, "We took a difficult look astatine really TSA does its business, really it does its screening processes, and what we do to make group safe, but besides supply immoderate hospitality arsenic well."

TSA is ending its shoe-off argumentation astatine airports nationwide.  (iStock)

Some passengers whitethorn still beryllium taxable to a hunt of their shoes. 

Noem said nan removals of liquids, coats and belts are besides being evaluated. 

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The alteration comes arsenic nan U.S. prepares to streamline ample events taking spot crossed nan country, specified arsenic nan America250 events, nan Olympics and nan FIFA World Cup matches.

The shoes-off argumentation connected airdrome information lines began successful 2006. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"We are very assured that we tin proceed to supply hospitality to folks, and for American travelers and for those visiting our country, while maintaining nan aforesaid standard of security for passengers and for our homeland," she said.

"The cardinal to our attack is layered security. Passengers will still walk done aggregate layers of screening."

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TSA PreCheck and partners CLEAR, IDEMIA and Telos person kept passengers from taking their shoes disconnected successful information for a number of years — but nan latest alteration would effect everyone walking done nan main information line.

Noem besides cited nan "fantastic success" of nan implementation of REAL ID.

"The cardinal to our attack is layered security. Passengers will still walk done aggregate layers of screening," said Noem. (iStock)

"I'd promote each Americans to still spell retired location if you don't person your existent ID yet. It does, thief america place who you are and support passengers safe."

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This alteration comes arsenic the Trump administration’s TSA looks to alleviate immoderate of nan hassles of travel, and just past week began rolling retired a caller information lane exclusively for active-duty work members.

Preston Mizell of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.