Overview

• An expanding list of major hubs — including Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare, New York’s JFK/LaGuardia/Newark, Dallas–Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Seattle — declined to air the DHS message, with Forbes reporting top‑10 airports among those refusing.
• San Antonio, Austin, Dallas Love Field and Richmond joined the refusals, Portland’s Jetport said the request did not follow TSA signage rules, and Columbus placed the video under legal review.
• Tampa International and St. Pete–Clearwater said travelers will not see the clip because their TSA checkpoints lack video monitors, underscoring technical limits on the request.
• Miami International and Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood cited county and airport policies against political messaging and said they will continue playing TSA’s nonpartisan Real ID information instead.
• Ethics experts said the video likely does not clearly violate the Hatch Act but called the partisan use of federal resources inappropriate, as DHS/TSA continues to distribute the message during a shutdown that has more than 61,000 TSA employees working without pay.