The White House is proposing to ​cut more than 9,400 ‌workers and just over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-employee Transportation ​Security Administration that ​handles airport security operations, according ⁠to budget documents.

President Donald ​Trump on Friday proposed requiring ​smaller airports to drop TSA and use private security as ​a first step to ​privatizing the agency created after the ‌September ⁠11, 2001 attacks. The White House said privatizing the smaller airports would ​cut ​the ⁠TSA payroll by more than 4,500 ​jobs. The TSA proposes ​to ⁠cut another 4,800 jobs by improving efficiency, ending ⁠staffing ​at exit lanes ​and eliminating redundancies.