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Secretary Noem Announces $1 Billion TSA Technology Investment in Miami

February 1, 2026 · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · 0:28:06

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What happened

TSA Federal Security Director Steve Taber opened the Miami International Airport press conference by saying that under Secretary Noem’s first year of leadership, families can keep their shoes on, stay together in family lanes, and military members move through checkpoints more quickly, as he described the changes. Secretary Kristi Noem said TSA has taken a large role under President Trump in going after criminals, terrorists and drug trafficking through the nation’s airports, according to her remarks.

Noem said Miami International averages 70,000 passengers a day and screened close to 100,000 on January 4, 2026, an all-time record, with 25 million passengers in 2025, as she stated the figures. She said the airport is undertaking a $9 billion modernization, that TSA is putting $100 million into that investment, and that DHS will spend another $1 billion on technology upgrades at the country’s busiest airports — computed tomography and enhanced imaging, more K-9 teams, biometric gates and touchless PreCheck ID — as she listed them. In questions, she said Temporary Protected Status was always meant to be temporary and was, in her characterization, abused under the prior administration, and that as TPS for Haiti expires, individuals can work with the State Department and DHS on other programs they may qualify for, according to her answers.

Why it matters

The Miami event states the DHS travel agenda in one place — a named billion-dollar screening investment, the checkpoint policy changes, and the TPS position — from the Secretary herself, ahead of the 2026 World Cup and America 250 travel surge she cited.

Scoreboard watch

Flagged for the scoreboard editor: Secretary Noem’s stated $1 billion nationwide TSA technology investment (plus $100 million at Miami) and the screening figures she cited for Miami International, as stated on February 1, 2026, for checking against DHS budget and TSA deployment records. No verdict is given here.

Sources: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Secretary Noem Hosts a Press Conference on Travel, Technology Development, and Investment in TSA”, Miami International Airport, 2026-02-01 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-02-01). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.