Originally Posted by
can54
first of all i'm an american. good ol' southern white girl. got a warrant out in texas for a probation violation that i skipped out on seeing the judge about and went out of the country for about a year now. anyways, i want to come home now and i won't be flying into texas. i was thinking an airport far far away from texas. my question is what do they check at customs? will they scan my passport and see that i have an outstanding warrant in texas? does it matter if they do? will texas come and get me?
THE INFORMATION BELOW DOES NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE.
Yes, your outstanding warrant almost certainly is included in the database that the passport scan checks. When it pops up, CBP at whatever U.S. port of entry probably will take you into custody until Texas state officials decide whether to take custody and pursue the matter, or whether to drop it and release you.
As others have indicated, I'm frankly quite surprised that this warrant hasn't caught up with you at other border crossings. The U.S. CBP databases are supposed to be linked with INTERPOL, meaning that your outstanding warrant should pop up on the screen throughout the world whenever an immigration officer scans your passport.
I agree with others: contact an attorney to look into the matter.