The TSA keeps us safe from containers of liquid over 6oz

TSA is very ineffective. They've done tests where they try to sneak stuff through, and the amount of times they were successful was shockingly high

Are we pretending the TSA keeps us safe now?

TSA was previously getting paid just to stand there too.

"Keep you safe" lmao. Man fuck this discourse handwringing about TSA.

Why compare ICE to TSA? TSA was always "paid to stand three" (and look like they're doing something useful). How about:

ICE is paid to hurt innocent people and the economy in general while there's...

• FEMA workers who are out there actually helping people who really need it.
• CISA employees who are actively engaged in fighting information security incidents. Probably the biggest impact of all government employees if they just stopped showing up for work!
• Civilian Coast Guard employees who actually make it possible for things like search and rescue operations to function.

...who are not getting paid.

Aside: Seriously, the CISA folks need to start being treated like they're holding the nuclear football. With the (unbelievablly stupid) Iran war going on, they're what's standing between infrastructure that works and suddenly having millions of Americans without power, water, or say, having a damn burst (which can happen if the right SCADA systems get taken over!).

lost me at TSA keeping people safe

TSA doesnt keep people safe. Its the illusion of safety.

Both suck ass.

Straight misinformation.

Can we not valorize otherwise useless airport rapists?

TSA: security theater and racial profiling/intimidation.

ICE at the airport: just the racial profiling and intimidation.

Abolish both.

I just saw the news, and one passenger said the ICE Apes were just standing around in groups talking, and weren't doing anything productive or making any difference at all in reducing the crowds or speeding up the lines.

I thought the whole partial shutdown was over ICE funding, surely they aren't still getting paid while the rest of DHS isn't?

What the actual fuck is this AI article? Don't post shit like this.

They can make it up with the shit they steal

I'm honestly a little surprised that an article written by an LLM is getting up votes.

I'm betting most of ICE makes more than 45 an hour.

Here's an insane idea. If the department isn't being funded, maybe we should open the checkpoints and let airports return to normal functional spaces where people can eat at the airport and famlies and friends can meet each other at the gate?