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Hundreds of TSA agents will reportedly be sent to the border this summer to help immigration officials as the influx of migrants skyrockets to a 12-year high - and the agency just gave a cryptic warning about what the staffing shortage will mean for

The Transportation Security Administration plans to send as many as 575 employees to the southern border to assist immigration officials, according to a new CNN report.
The TSA reportedly does not plan to send workers from airport security checkpoints at the outset.
"We also understand that we are accepting some risk as we enter a very busy summer," Gary Renfrow, a senior TSA official, wrote in an internal email, according to CNN.
Border apprehensions are now at their highest point since 2007 , as over 100,000 people were apprehended at the southern border in both March and April.
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TSA to deploy hundreds of personnel to southern border: report

1 month ago | By New York Post

Hundreds of TSA personnel - including air marshals-are being redeployed to the southern border with Mexico to help handle the migrant inflows as the summer travel season heats up, according to a new report. The Transportation Security Administration acknowledged in an internal email obtained by CNN that the move carries “some risk” of depleted resources...
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