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This question is for US passport holders only: have any of you been asked political questions at the airport by CBP when returning to the states from abroad? I got grilled last time about what I thought of the president and other issues while they were searching my stuff. Just wondering if something similar happened to anyone else.
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If you visit a shithole AND one that's an enemy of the US, they're trying to get at if you're involved in terrorism and seditious activity

If you have trump derangement syndrome, stay in your shithole and don't come back.
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>>2896978
>first time back
>flying in from japan during covid
>have raspberry pi and hdd with roms
>hey whats this???
>a hard drive...?
>what do you have on it??
>huh?
>what's on there?
>uhh my operating system..?
second time, last year
>all the foreigners and everyone goes through no problem
>finally it's my turn
>sir, come with me
>they take you to a waiting room on the side
>they tell you to wait and then you have to talk to some agent
>all of the foreign women are getting softball questions "enjoy your trip!" *fag voice*
>it's my turn
>they grill me
>why are you here? what's your purpose of visit in the US?
>what do you mean? it's my country
>yeah but like are you here for work, for travel?
>i have a US passport
>so do you know anyone here in NY? do you have family here?
>uh idk
>So what's your plan? Where are you going to sleep? Do you have a job? How are you gonna get a job? Do you have enough money to support yourself?
>yeah it'll be fine
>how much money do you have?
>like $10k
>ok you can go
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>>2896978
They didn't even look at my passport when I arrived in LAX. They only scanned my face at a kiosk and cleared me for entry. Evidently all airlines are now required to preregister every passenger's data and photo prior to arrival in the USA. The days of being hassled and searched on entry to the US are long gone for me. Hasn't happened since 2020, and that was only after I talked back to some plainclothes agents with awful tattoos.
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>>2896995
>NOOOO YOU CAN'T DISLIKE THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLDS LARGEST DEMOCRACY YOU HAVE TO SUCK HIS CORRUPT MARKET MANIPULATING DICK ALL DAY
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>>2897027
>THE WORLDS LARGEST DEMOCRACY
Indiasisters...
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>US passport
>Don't dress like a slob tourist or begpacker
>shave to look similar to passport photo
>make eye contact unlike the faggot introvert NEETS
>never have a problem
>>2896978
> I got grilled last time about what I thought of the president and other issues while they were searching my stuff.
I am sure you did anon, in your head.
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I've only left the US once, and no they didn't ask me any questions at LAX, just look at passport and waved me off. The strange part was earlier, when departing they fast-tracked me and a few other people, didn't have to take shoes off. Just metal objects into the xray and that's it.
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>>2896978
No. But I've been grilled by the Stasi at Schipol and by the Raging Cunts of Canada.

Seriously, an entire mob of interrogators surrounded me at Schipol just to ensure that a middle-aged white guy heading to a wedding wasn't secretly planning to overthrow Holland's government or something. I guess they felt that it was safe to question an American, whereas if they questioned some keffiyah-wearing Islamic terrorist they might be called racist.

And Canada's border agents are as obnoxious as possible toward Americans just because they're a bunch of cunts. Seriously fuck Canada, I hope the entire country gets buried under a giant pile of Indian shit.
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>>2897018
I meant at the bag check part with the fat butch CBP woman
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>>2897050
>shave to look like passport photo
Should i have taken off my hijab too dumbass? They not only grilled me about my politics, i they pulled out all the stops tailing me for years afterwards. I must not have answered "right"
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>>2897018
>2020
Interesting
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>>2896978
I'm a beaner. If the CBP is also a beaner, it's 100% guaranteed they're going to bust my balls. Asking me like two dozen questions. Doesn't matter that I'm dressed nice and clean shaven or the fact that I have no criminal record (not even a traffic ticket)
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>>2897027
Lmao we got a terminal case of TDS here.
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>>2897118
Damn sounds like America sucks and you don't belong there and should fuck off back to whatever lovely shit hole your family escaped from, you entitled parasite.
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>>2897118
Did you say anything against the regime?
Did you say bad things about our orange leader?
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>>2897145
Kek
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>>2897374
I know right
It's kind of funny really. Like the libtards have for years been telling us "just don't say the forbidden words, chud or have the forbidden opinions chud or question Dr Fauci chud" and now they are being told "don't criticise the orange man or the state of Israel that he really really loves too much" and they are acting like there's a problem with freeze peach. Like they weren't enthusiastically cheering on the chilling of discussion for years!
But then you can't spell libtard without tard.
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>>2897379
Things that happened only inside your /pol/cel imagination: the post.
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>>2897073
I never even had to empty my pockets on this last flight out of Bangkok, let alone take off my shoes. Only had to pull my laptop out of my bag for transfer security in Taipei. It's been so long since a terrorism that airports are getting careless and prioritizing quick passage over intensive scrutiny.
>>2897118
Another mentally ill maniac with delusions of being so important that he believes government is spending millions to track and surveil him personally through a network of gangstalkers.
>>2897119
I was coming back from Colombia on Delta airlines, the first trip on my new passport. Two plainclothes agents stopped everyone in the deboarding chute and made them show documents before being allowed to enter the airport. They were mega assholes, reading my personal diary out loud to each other and stuff.
>>2897117
They haven't inspected my stuff since 2020 either, even when I entered overland from Mexico. It's like I got put on a DHS Trusted Traveler list after years of being wrongfully placed on the Yellow Alert list with my old passport thanks to a travel history of exclusively Mexican border excursions. Man did I get the third degree and the extensive search every time I entered from Mexico between 2016 and 2020.
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>>2897374
>>2897379
It was under the last two presidencies. Nobody told me why. I assume because i argued about politics with the wrong person (i'm not red or blue aligned)

>>2897514
Jannies do it for free. So does the neighborhood watch and infraguard. What exactly do you think happens when you get put on a list? It's the equivalent of your neighbors and the local PD getting to read not only your personal diary but your text and phone call highlight reel every day. I hope it never happens to anyone in this thread, jannies included.
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>>2897578
>It's the equivalent of your neighbors and the local PD getting to read not only your personal diary but your text and phone call highlight reel every day. I hope it never happens to anyone in this thread, jannies included.
let them read the stupid cat memes i send to roasties. who cares.
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>>2897600
They add to it and try to get whoever you're talking to to participate. I won't talk any more about it bro. Just hope and pray that it never happens to you or anyone you care about. Go on r/gangstalking and read it through the lens that the "schizos" are either astroturfing deniability merchants or the victims that couldn't handle the insane amount of pressure they put on you. They try to drive a wedge between you and your family/friends, your god, your sense of self, anything they can take away from you. The goal is your suicide or imprisonment bro. They don't fuck around. Go photocopy your diary and leave a stack of them out in the street and see how many people grab a copy and you'll realize how many will mob up on someone for free just because they can get away with it. Doesn't matter if they like you or know it's bullshit. Theyre like vultures.
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I learned this years ago from a blog I came across called Knife Tricks. The name was later changed to something like The Nomad Lawyer, but now I can't find it. He told a story similar to what would eventually happen to me years later. Long story short, just like with regular police on the street, you don't have to answer any of their questions.

Coming back to the US through Philadelphia after a trip to England in 2022. As an American citizen all you need to return to the US is proof of citizenship (passport) and the written customs declaration you either fill out on the plane or do at the kiosk. So when you talk to the agents and and they have a million dumb questions, it's all optional.

So the guy gave me the "business or pleasure" routine and I said I didn't want to answer any questions I wasn't required to answer. "I have my proof of citizenship, I've done the customs declaration, and I am ready to come home." He hated that, but I kept telling him I didn't want to answer any questions I was required to answer. He insisted I did have to answer them, but he was lying.

He called for backup and I talked to four different agents before going on my way, all of whom lied and said I did have to answers questions. But I never did. I had to wait around a while and then they sent the nice one to sweet talk me and then a black Philly bitch searched my luggage, but eventually they had to let me go. I just kept repeating "Here's my proof of citizenship, here's my customs declararion, I want to come home."

If you have a tight connection you might not want to risk missing it, but if you have the time and want to piss off a bully, it's a good chance to flex your rights.
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>>2898533
this is obviously true, you can just plead the fifth and use the right to remain silent. it's just time consuming. they'll make you jump through hoops and they'll rape your luggage
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God I fucking hate coming back into the United States. Its ALWAYS miserable. Hour+ long lines with one or two agents working a gajillion incoming flights. Easier and faster for me to get through Chinese customs as an american than it is returning to america as an american

Nothing pisses me off more. Finishing some 12hr miserable flight just to have some shitskin ask me what business I have in the US. I was born here you fucking shitstain what do you think. Idk if this is an LAX problem or if its everywhere, its just so annoying

>>2898533
Im way too fucking tired after an international flight to want to fuck around with boots
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>>2898557
That wasn't my experience at all in LAX. But I arrived at 10 pm...
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>>2897379
Imagine living in a world where you can't imagine someone being against both those things
Even worse on a website that once upon a time was staunchly libertarian
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>>2898557
>Nothing pisses me off more. Finishing some 12hr miserable flight just to have some shitskin ask me what business I have in the US. I was born here you fucking shitstain what do you think. Idk if this is an LAX problem or if its everywhere, its just so annoying

This literally never happens if you shave, shower and wear a collared shirt,,,,,,lmao at you filthy losers
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>>2898608
Im a /fa/ggot dont ever accuse me of my fits not being on point you ameobic peasant bootlicker. I hope a nigger cop shoots your dog then rapes you in ass
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>>2898551

No hoops, just four different liars including a dumb sheboon rummaging my luggage. Took about 45 minutes longer than it otherwise would have as I recall
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>>2898557
Then tell the shitskin you aren't going to answer any questions you aren't required to answer,
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>>2898608
the only time it doesnt happen is if you come in during a crowded time like christmas. if you come in on a quiet flight they're gonna bust your balls no matter what
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>>2898533
Why are American officials such nihilists? I have not seen any other country's authorities go out of their way to try to make people's lives miserable like that. Except Israel.
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>>2898894
Have you tried not looking like a commie deviant criminal. I've never known anyone to be questioned you just get waved thru
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>>2898895
In America or Israel? I have received the long interrogation treatment in both and so has almost everyone I know.
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>>2898557
u dont like watching all the europeans or asians or whoever go to their foreign line, meanwhile the "domestic" line is full of 300 third world retards?
american int airports have a type of american i swear only exists within the airport.
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I have Global Entry so I basically just walk right through.
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>>2898916
You don't even have a passport
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>>2898620
>four different liars including a dumb sheboon rummaging my luggage. Took about 45 minutes longer
That's hoops. But if its only 45 minutes fuck it I'll do it too on principle
>>2898894
>Why are American officials such nihilists? I have not seen any other country's authorities go out of their way to try to make people's lives miserable like that. Except Israel.
I guess every 4 years there's a hard change in policy so they just become cynical. The guys Biden wanted to profile and Trump wants to profile are probably entirely different
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>>2898939
They only screen less than 1 in a 1000 so maybe your chomo porn conviction is gonna follow you around
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>>2898967
>They only screen less than 1 in a 1000
then only 1 in 1000 are straight young white men entering during off-peak times
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Ive flown in through LAX internationally about a dozen times and have never been asked anything but "do you have anything to declare?"
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>>2899017
one of three possibilities:
1. you're black/brown (most likely)
2. you're a two weeks/once a year traveler
3. you're a woman (least likely)
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Imagine going to a travel board to lick the boots of glorified mall cops who get paid to harass and inconvenience American citizens at their own border. They don't even keep your scared, nanny-hugging, pussy ass safe. The flight is already over and the bags have been checked before boarding. I can't believe this guy actually considers himself a man. Get your T checked again
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>>2897118
a thread died for this
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>>2899264
Border patrol exists to protect Americans from commie scum and chomos. We love border patrol and customs
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>he needs to be protected from the phantom menace by people who eat mcdonalds for a living and ask what vibrators are as a pastime
Just proving my point. TRT and gym a few times a week bro. Then you won't feel so helpless you have to hide behind the nanny's skirt all the time
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>>2899265 #
So did a bunch of soldiers and patriots but it's worth it because we can just zersetzung anyone we don't like to death now that they're gone
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>>2896978
I travel internationally 3-5 times a year and have never been stopped for longer than a couple seconds, knock on wood. Curious to know where you're travelling to and how much of a Muslim you are.
>>2897038
>caste based democracy
That's a new one
>>2897077
The border crossing heading from Washington State to Vancouver BC was the only time in 20+ years of travel I've ever pulled the "I'm an American citizen and I'd like to speak to someone from my government" card. They held me there for six fucking hours while a team of dudes dressed in full battle rattle very literally took my rental car apart. Russia? No problem. China? No problem. Canada? Literally thought they were going to imprison me with zero reason given. BSOs can kiss my ass in perpetuity.
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>>2899532
>That's a new one
their legal system is secular and they even have affirmative action and anti-hate laws against dalits like USA has against niggers
>The border crossing heading from Washington State to Vancouver BC was the only time in 20+ years of travel I've ever pulled the "I'm an American citizen and I'd like to speak to someone from my government" card.
I went to Vancouver by Flixbus. They let all of the Japs and chinks right through without questions. For me they grilled me and shouted me. They asked me my job and I said banker and they asked me how I'm gonna pay for this 4 day trip and I said I have a credit card with a $40,000 limit and then they fucked off
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>>2899532
>curious to know
Doesn't matter and especially doesn't matter. I'm a US citizen (second class, in case you were wondering *smirks* *tips hijab* *sputters from waterboarding session* *smirks again*)
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>>2899541
>(second class, in case you were wondering *smirks* *tips hijab* *sputters from waterboarding session* *smirks again*)
wtf I love the US now
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>>2899541
Absolutely matters if you're coming back from Venezuela or Iran or Pakistan, etc, and for very obvious reasons.
>muh racism
>muh politics
Genuinely don't care. Some places have tighter restrictions around them and definitely not for no reason.
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You can't be refused entry into the country you are a citizen of; meaning you don't have to answer their questions at all, or wear masks or take vaccinations or any other bullshit.
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>>2897018
I flew from Taiwan to New York in 2009 and they made all the chinks go through customs in Alaska. They were made to do full hand print scans. As a Canadian I was waived through without that.
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>>2899549
Still smirking though bitch
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>>2899550
I never visited any adversary countries and they never debriefed me about any of my activities abroad (and believe me I had some stories they'd be interested in that they'll never hear now lol). The only things I was asked about were the election and the president who had just entered office at the time in the United States, very casually while they searched my bag. Meanwhile, they had started their zersetzung bullshit before I even went back to the US. I was ready for some special treatment at the border but that surprised me. I know now that they're "allowed" to ask whatever they want so it's a moot point but I was wondering if it happened more often to users of this site than the general public.
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"grilled" no, but the last time i went back to visit my family in 2024 the pig at the immigration kiosk asked me what the purpose of my visit was. nigger look at what it says on my fucking passport, "United States of America," since when do i need to justify why i'm coming back to MY country
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>>2899553
Under COVID they mandated nose rape for all travelers arriving to the US by air. No nose rape certificate, no boarding pass.
>heh heh we're not denying you entry, we're just not letting you fly
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>>2899691
same thing and my exact reaction
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>>2899532
>"I'm an American citizen and I'd like to speak to someone from my government" card
Lolwut. There is no such thing. You mean the "I'm an entitled whiny bitch" card.
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>>2899693
>2026
>/pol/ virgins still seething about covid
Isn't it about time you let go?
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>>2896978
No, they've always waved me through without doing any sort of questioning much less searching my stuff. Good thing, because last time I brought home two and a half years worth of kidney medication that the FDA banned in the 1970s.
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>>2899789
>just get over it
>that never happened
>there were no lockdowns
>no one lost their jobs because of vax mandates
go fuck yourself you piece of shit
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>>2898533
>So the guy gave me the "business or pleasure" routine and I said I didn't want to answer any questions I wasn't required to answer.
What exactly is the point of being a dick? Just say "I went there to see how bad it's gotten and holy fuck dude am I glad to be back in the U.S." and he would have high-fived you and welcomed you home.



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