DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that most travelers will no longer have to remove their shoes at TSA checkpoints.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced July 8 that the Transportation Security Administration has eliminated its “shoes-off” policy, meaning the extra step of taking off your shoes will no longer be required at TSA-operated airports.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem teased big changes to a decades-old policy concerning the amount of liquids in carry-on luggage.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem teased upcoming changes to TSA's liquids in carry-ons policy on Wednesday. She emphasized the push for connivence at airports during the Hill Nation Summit.

The shoe removal process was implemented in 2006 "in response to an attempt by an airline passenger to conceal a bomb in his shoe," per USA TODAY.

Even the most dubious safeguards stick around because eliminating them looks like a compromise that might endanger public safety.