Originally Posted by
macabus
Last week I flew SEA-FRA and was very surprised to be stopped in the jetway by two U.S. Border Patrol agents and asked for my passport.
They were stopping every passenger and requesting passports and visas.
Has anyone experienced this before? Why would the Border Patrol be checking people who are LEAVING the U.S.?
You sure they were USBP?
Normally USBP does airport check on the border areas that are flying further into the US (like say, Seattle to Chicago/Dallas/NY/etc.). I've never seen USBP doing it leaving the country.