1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

In July 2025, Kristi Noem scrapped the airport shoe removal policy and told the public DHS was “fully confident” the screening technology could handle it. Within a month, her own inspector general found that most TSA full-body scanners cannot scan shoes, leaving a significant gap in airport security. Noem’s office didn’t fix the problem. They reclassified the report to keep it hidden. A legal deadline of January 30, 2026 came and went with no action taken. The inspector general has now sent a formal letter to Congress saying DHS ignored it entirely. This is what happens when loyalty matters more than competence. Noem got good press for the policy change, the security risk surfaced, and she buried it. I’m asking you to compel Noem to testify before Congress immediately about why that inspector general report was suppressed. Demand the full unredacted findings be made available to the relevant oversight committees. And push for an independent review of TSA screening protocols by security professionals with no political stake in the outcome.