{"id":141872,"date":"2026-02-22T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141872\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:52:07","slug":"airport-delays-expected-as-tsa-precheck-closes-under-noems-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141872\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport delays expected as TSA PreCheck closes under Noem\u2019s direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VGF4RCBXTBBMFLAXYVOB46QSDQ\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 TSA PreCheck and Global Entry is officially shuttered Sunday as the government deals with a partial shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SZBANMJQK5FMBNX3BD7BJY2ORE\">\u201cTSA and CBP [Customs and Border Patrol] are prioritizing the general traveling population at our airports and ports of entry and suspending courtesy and special privilege escorts,\u201d DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/homeland-security-tsa-precheck-global-entry-dc1d2ccd913a74fa2c8b91dad340a3b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the Associated Press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5GE4DOBKHVEIVJAVZUO6VH2FCY\">The move to close TSA PreCheck and Global Entry comes just over a week after the shutdown began on Valentines Day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ETRUR2ESRNCM3EPI7GMRDL6XSI\">As a result, it is expected delays will begin to pile up at American airports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TZNXN32QO5FZRCUHUJGSRELUHA\">The official TSA and DHS websites are not being \u201cactively managed,\u201d a banner on each website reads. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UIL42X5DSBDB3MQYBSNXXRVLUM\">\u201cDue to the lapse in federal funding, this website will not be actively managed. This website was last updated on February 17, 2026 and will not be updated until after funding is enacted. As such, information on this website may not be up to date. Transactions submitted via this website might not be processed and we will not be able to respond to inquiries until after appropriations are enacted,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/02\/17\/lapse-federal-funding-impact-dhs-web-and-social-media-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a notice reads<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Q4H4E3EH5ZDBFBWIOAR3OUMFZY\">CBP\u2019s website is still functional at the time of writing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2NPOXXHAWVHYNM5I4QQWMDR3YU\">The reason behind the shutdown has to do with Democrats seeking \u201cchanges to immigration operations that are core to President Donald Trump\u2019s deportation campaign,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/homeland-security-tsa-precheck-global-entry-dc1d2ccd913a74fa2c8b91dad340a3b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Associated Press reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HS7BHPJGNJADDESCFFRRAKWPNA\">Two Americans died in ICE\u2019s Minneapolis operation, enraging communities and government officials both local and abroad. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KIS6Q3MQ7NED7JWRKL6KR7FXPI\">The legality behind ICE\u2019s actions have been called into question, as well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 TSA PreCheck and Global Entry is officially shuttered Sunday as the government deals with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-141872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}