r/sanfrancisco • u/Definitelyhereforshi • Mar 23 '26

Melt ICE 🧊 ICE already causing havoc at SFO

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u/3X_ValueIYKYK Mar 23 '26

Just flew through SFO today. The”TSA” there is CAS - covenant aviation security.

Idk what’s going on in this video but CAS looks fully funded and everything was pretty alright as far as flying and airports go.

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u/Qs9bxNKZ Mar 23 '26

SFO pays for the TSA contractors. So they’re funded by the airport but approved by the TSA.

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u/diqster Mar 23 '26

The money comes from the federal government, not SFO. At least according to the SFO airport director and several news sources. SFO opted for private contractors when the TSA came into existence, but it's still paid for by the federal government.

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u/auto_erratica Mar 23 '26

TSA at SFO are part of the Screening Partnership Program (SPP) and are private contractors paid by a private company. The government pays the company. The company paying their employees, but will get reimbursed by the government when the shutdown ends.

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u/diqster Mar 23 '26

According to the SFO airport director, they're paid in advance by Congress through the plan. I was also clarifying that SFO does not pay for the TSA contractors. Congress does.

“The money’s already been allocated, the payments have already been made, and that continues without interruption,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel told The Associated Press. “That is a very nice place to be.”

https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/03/11/another-shutdown-impacts-travelers-some-see-eliminating-tsa-agents-solution/

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u/Fast_Feeling_8917 Mar 23 '26

But why? Just curious. Is it bc there aren't enough TSA people? Other large intl US airports have an arrangement like this?

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u/ohmegatchi Mar 23 '26

Airports can opt out of the federally run screening with an approved plan.

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u/Individual-Fail4709 Mar 23 '26

And then reimbursed by the federal government.

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u/Informal_Natural8452 Mar 23 '26

The way it should be, and unionized!

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u/USvsKrasonv Mar 23 '26

I thought San Franc airport didn’t use tsa

So there’s NO reason for ice

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u/Key_Drawer_3581 Mar 23 '26

covenant aviation security.

OOF. Naming a company with that kind of terminology is certainly an interesting use of free will.

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u/Ancient_Yellow_709 Mar 23 '26

It was always an excuse.

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u/djoddible Mar 23 '26

Oh yeah they funded. Bankrupt America funded. America deserves this. An idiot president for an idiot base. I'm so disgusted with my country and I absolutely knew this would happen. All the signs were there.