Originally Posted by
LALAland
Since DL 16 is a continuation flight on to ATL, you'd clear customs in ATL not LAX with at 2 hr 25 min window.
As far as I know, EVERY PASSENGER has to clear immigration and customs at the port of entry to the U.S. Passengers continuing on the domestic portion of an international flight, still have to go through the inspections upon arrival to LAX, and then do the normal connecting procedures. Sometimes you don't even flight the same equipment and just have a smaller aircraft for the domestic leg, although this is not the case for DL16.
Of course, I might be wrong. Was there a change in the DHS/Customs Procedures in the last 72 hours while I was out of the country, and I wasn't aware of it?