More Than 200 TSA Employees Fired
More Than 200 TSA Employees Fired Following Trump’s Push To Cut Federal Workforce
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Another day and more layoffs! More than 200 TSA employees were fired this week as part of President Donald Trump’s huge layoffs across the federal workforce. The TSA on Thursday confirmed the terminations of 243 probationary workers who had been either hired or promoted within the year, citing “performance and conduct issues.”
USA Today reports,
The TSA, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, has about 65,000 employees and is charged with protecting the nation’s transportation’s systems. That includes screening passengers and baggage at 450 airports across the country for security purposes.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, TSA terminated personnel due to performance and conduct issues during their probationary period, a TSA spokesperson said in a statement. “The agency is actively working to implement the administration’s priorities in full cooperation with DHS to identify waste and to staff the mission essential positions that best fulfill DHS’ mission.”