TSA screening 7 times more passengers than this time in 2020: DHS

The TSA screened seven times more passengers this past weekend than this time in 2020, the DHS says.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened seven times more passengers this past weekend than this time in 2020, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a press conference on Tuesday. The increase represents 90% of the volume the TSA, which is overseen by DHS, would log during a typical day in 2019 before the pandemic, Mayorkas said at Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington, D.C. Masks, however, are still required on all airplanes the secretary said. "The federal government still requires the traveling public to wear a mask on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation. This is a federal mandate," the secretary said.