Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Sometimes the manifest(s) and process of elimination -- including that by way of intending to try to use recorded video feeds -- hasn't worked. It's also not always that quick to go thru that even when it does work.
.... and when there are spare CBP bodies, someone has to make work to keep them busy.
Video feeds have absolutely nothing to do with it.
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Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
He may well be processed the same way. I'm talking about the ease of CBP determining (a) his identity, (b) his most recent origin, and (c) his nationality.
If they know which flight he was on, it's quicker to work out who on that flight hasn't gone through CBP yet. If he hides in the restroom after his flight until dozens of other flights have arrived from all over the world, then presents himself at the CBP booth without a passport or any ID papers, it's a lot harder to prove who he is and where he came from.
As I understand it, someone coming directly from their country where they were facing persecution is treated more generously than someone who has been living in (or even transiting through) a third country. A refugee from Sri Lanka is going to get more serious consideration than a refugee from France. Someone fleeing southeast Asia via the UK and then Canada is going to have to explain why they didn't seek asylum in those countries.
CBP doesn't have to prove who he is. He has to prove who he is to CBP. The document used to get on the aircraft and later destroyed is 98% of the time a false document anyway. If the subject truly is seeking asylum and is a true candidate for asylum by time he gets to the asylum officer he has given his true name and true story because he wants to asylum officer to be able to verify it. The asylum officer doesn't take what is said at face value. That is why the process takes so long because the story has to be able to be corroborated.
The officer's don't like them hiding in the bathroom because there is nothing worst than thinking you are done for the night and then finding three or four Sri Lankans in the bathroom. If CBP officers are at a gate for an arriving flight is generally not an anti asylum measure.
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