{"id":2588534,"date":"2026-04-08T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tsa-proposes-over-8000-job-cuts-to-congress-in-new-budget-as-white-house-pushes-privatization\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:09:46","slug":"tsa-proposes-over-8000-job-cuts-to-congress-in-new-budget-as-white-house-pushes-privatization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tsa-proposes-over-8000-job-cuts-to-congress-in-new-budget-as-white-house-pushes-privatization\/","title":{"rendered":"TSA proposes over 8,000 job cuts to Congress in new budget as White House pushes privatization"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftsa-proposes-over-8000-job-cuts-to-congress-in-new-budget-as-white-house-pushes-privatization%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588534&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump administration\u2019s 2027 budget proposal would sharply cut Transportation Security administration staffing and push privatization of parts of airport security. The DHS document outlines a reduction of 8,385 positions and 9,439 full-time equivalents from the FY 2026 baseline, leaving TSA wiht 53,199 positions and 50,398 FTEs in 2027, from a current workforce of about 65,000. Despite the cuts, TSA would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >retain priority mission-critical roles<\/a> to maintain operational effectiveness. the proposal also advances privatization through the Screening Partnership Program, in which private screeners would run security at smaller airports, with the administration seeking an additional $477.3 million for the program and projecting net savings of about $52 million. Specific reductions target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-seeks-funding-for-police-after-police-budget-slashed-last-year\/\" title=\"Portland mayor seeks funding for police after police ... slashed last year\">full-time positions<\/a> (-1,347), FTEs (-511), Transportation Security Officer roles (-2,462), and TSO FTEs (-4,351). The push comes amid concerns about recent government shutdowns and morale issues following pay disruptions, framing privatization as a reform to a troubled agency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">TSA proposes over 8,000 job cuts to Congress in new budget as White House pushes privatization<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2554900\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration is proposing thousands of layoffs at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tsa\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1557\">Transportation Security Administration<\/a> as part of its 2027 budget proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> used the budget proposal to begin advocating the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4506422\/privatize-tsa-dhs-funding-government-shutdown\/\">privatization of the TSA<\/a>, which former President George W. Bush established as a national security measure after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. In a new document from DHS, the agency detailed its plans to reduce the workforce by over 8,000 positions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Through TSA&rsquo;s strategic approaches to efficiency, the FY 2027 Budget&rsquo;s total workforce represents a reduction of 8,385 positions and 9,439 [full-time equivalents] from the FY 2026 Annualized Continuing Resolution,&rdquo; the TSA budget overview congressional justification document reads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The proposed 2027 TSA budget allots for 53,199 positions and 50,398 full-time equivalents. The agency currently has about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/news\/press\/factsheets\/tsa-glance\">65,000 employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Despite these reductions, TSA will maintain all priority mission-critical positions to ensure operational effectiveness and mission continuity,&rdquo; the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-04\/26_0403_ocfo_fy27-budget-transportation-security-administration.pdf\">document<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>The agency has been under a microscope over the past year as two <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"18\">government shutdowns<\/a>, one in October 2025 and the current DHS appropriations lapse, which began in February 2026, led to hourslong airport security lines as TSA officers had to work without pay. Before President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA officers during the shutdown, hundreds of workers resigned from the agency as paychecks stopped, and morale was low.<\/p>\n<p>The newly detailed job cuts come as part of a Trump administration <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4515617\/six-things-trump-budget-proposal\/\">push to begin privatizing some screenings<\/a> through the Screening Partnership Program, in which the TSA would contract with private screeners to run security in smaller U.S. airports. The agency asked Congress for an additional $477.3 million for the program, which is estimated to reduce costs by $529.3 million and save the agency a net $52 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4515617\/six-things-trump-budget-proposal\/\">SIX THINGS IN THE TRUMP BUDGET PROPOSAL YOU MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The airports that already use this program have demonstrated savings compared to Federal screening operations,&rdquo; the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/budget_fy2027.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/budget_fy2027.pdf\">White House budget proposal reads<\/a>. &ldquo;The move would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-things-in-the-trump-budget-proposal-you-may-not-have-noticed\/\" title=\"Six things in the ... you may not have noticed\">yield cost savings compared<\/a> to Federal screening and begin reform of a troubled Federal agency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As the agency moves toward privatization, TSA specified where some of its job cuts would take effect. The agency detailed plans to reduce its full-time positions by 1,347, its FTEs by 511, its Transportation Security Officer positions by 2,462, and TSO FTEs by 4,351.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSA to cut 8,000+ jobs as privatization push grows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2588535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26082460396376.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4463,37865,9673],"class_list":["post-2588534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-budget","tag-privatization","tag-tsa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26082460396376.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588538,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588534\/revisions\/2588538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}