Someone isn't getting a consistent message out.

We flew out of BZN (Bozeman, MT) a couple days ago. It wasn't crowded but the line moved at a glacial pace. The TDC was cheerfully apologizing to people and making remarks about how bad it will be this summer because they are so understaffed because many of them are going to ship out to help with the border crisis.

Does this mean that no 'frontline' employees will go to the border, but they'll go to baggage and elsewhere to relieve other non-frontline employees who are going to the border?

Sounds to me like another all-expenses-paid (by the taxpayer) summer vacay for favored employees. It bothers me, because TSA is already complaining of on-going staff shortages and retention problems, and now they're further reducing staff and putting me at risk.