The Homeland Security Department on Friday misrepresented the proportion of union officials performing representational work at the agency and claimed ousting labor organizations would make the agency “more agile.

The widely anticipated lawsuit seeks to overturn Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's attempts to cancel a TSA collective bargaining agreement.

The union for Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees is suing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after she said she was ending a collective bargaining agreement signed last year. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) argues Noem has no power to end an already authorized seven-year contract,