My experience with major airports that have something akin to that post international arrivals is that it is very poorly executed. I have just exited and gone to the regular PreCheck lines. Obviously not an option currently. Where it has worked, again in my experience is at smaller less busy airports.

My guess given the idiot edict, that they want maximum pain.

Idiot edict? In reality since TSA isn't being funded they should be off the job completely. Regardless of which side of the coin you prefer the responsibility to fund government isn't being met.

I think this is the most important point. These programs do not rely on congressional funding, so the claim that "shutdowns have consequences" falls flat. Will customers of these programs be offered prorated refunds? I hope a court quickly intervenes with this utter nonsense.

not sure this is true. Depends on the program - funds may not be dedicated, just a revenue offset. Think national parks that take in user fees but still get shut down.

They managed to keep these programs going during prior government shutdowns, including the most recent, long, one. The administration could clearly keep them going if they wanted to.

Actually, PreCheck is staying open after all.

Now just need pressure on GE reversal

as I noted upthread, these people won’t feel that impact, therefore won’t have any incentive to encourage DHS to change much of anything that was put in place for performative reasons

Is there standing for citizens, a citizen group, an industry group, whatever, to sue the federal government for saying "we're saving money" by doing something that obviously increases the cost of doing that thing?

Taxpayer standing is extremely limited: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitu...payer-standing

The alternative might be to claim an agency action was arbitrary and capricious, but you'd still need to be directly affected.

I have Global Entry, and I'm landing internationally at PHL in ten days...
But, clearly, there would need to be a Class, as I'm not going to file a single-person suit against the government ...

​​​​​​​

WAPO TSA post, we hardly knew ya.

Yeah, it was an idiot edict. TSA is not being funded, neither is CBP, nor the Secret Service. So might as well shut the airports and the border down. However, they are considered to be essential so unfortunately they get to work without pay. Regardless of which side of the coin you prefer the responsibility to pay these essential people is the government's. Which was proposed but failed. So here were are.

That responsibility falls in the lap of Congress which is mandated to pass a budget resolution by April 15 for the upcoming fiscal year beginning October 1. If they can't do their most basic function they should be removed for cause regardless of party.

My personal opinion is that TSA should be sent home until the congress critters figure things out. The heat under their feet would certainly get a bit warm.

Reverse Course! (At least for precheck which is more critical for most of us)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...ntry-shutdown/