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While recent events have resulted in job loss and economic hardship for many airline employees, some screeners are benefiting from a newfound attention that has led, in some cases, to higher wages and improved working conditions. Some airport security companies, concerned with legal liability and new regulations, are raising the wages of screeners---who are often paid only seven dollars an hour---and are adhering more closely to rules concerning time spent monitoring X-ray machines. Many screeners are worried, however, about recent proposals to federalize screeners---a move which could cost the many immigrants who work as screeners their jobs.