Transportation Sec. Duffy’s daughter calls TSA unconstitutional

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s daughter calls TSA ‘unconstitutional’ after pat-down

via AP December 19, 2025

One of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s daughters said she experienced an “absurdly invasive” pat-down Thursday at an airport security checkpoint and suggested her father would limit or eliminate the Transportation Security Administration if it was under his authority.

Evita Duffy-Alfonso said on the social platform X that she nearly missed her flight after opting out of a body scan because she said she is pregnant and concerned about radiation exposure. She said she waited 15 minutes for a pat-down and that TSA agents were “rude” and “tried to pressure” her into walking through the scanner.

“All this for an unconstitutional agency that isn’t even good at its job,” she said.

https://wtop.com/national/2025/12/transportation-secretary-sean-duffys-daughter-calls-tsa-unconstitutional-after-pat-down/

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Radiation exposure from airport security screening
The United States uses millimeter-wave technology in airport security scans. This form of technology uses low-energy non-ionizing radiation that releases thousands of times less energy than a cell phone.

https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-health/data-research/facts-stats/airport-security-screening.html

NB so has Ms. Duffy-Alfonso stopped using her cell phone while she is pregnant? As she just posted on X, likely not