The TSA has eliminated the 19-year-old policy, effective immediately. Policies on liquids will remain in place.

A Massachusetts law enforcement and homeland security consultant who helped draft some of the first rules requiring passengers to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints says the decision to end the policy raises concerns.

Now, you no longer have to put your shoes in a separate tray to go through the TSA scanner at U.S. airports. So, we decided to see what travelers at Armstrong International had to say. After nearly 20 years of walking through TSA screening barefoot, you no longer have to take off your shoes.