Originally Posted by
zeppelin
It has always been a pain to return to the US and go through customs, but now you can't even leave the U.S. without being harassed?
-z
Countries have an obligation to protect their economies and keep their citizens safe. One way to do this is to prevent unauthorized currency transfers by screening departing PAX. There are many other reasons to screen departing PAX (as mentioned by other posters above). It could also be that the outbound APIS manifest turned up something that required investigation, i.e. they were looking for a specific PAX.
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