TSA to deploy hundreds to southern border

Published May 15, 2019 9:30am ET



Amid the start of the summer travel season, the Trump administration reportedly plans to reassign hundreds of Transportation Security Administration employees to help assist with migrant inflows.

The TSA workers, which include air marshals, will be temporarily reassigned to help tackle the “immediate need” at the southern border, CNN reports. The group will include as many as 175 law enforcement officials and up to 400 security operations officials.

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