Originally Posted by
mre5765
I was being questioned about why I was leaving the US the same day I was entering it. "Leaving" == "Exiting". Questions about why I am "exiting" == "exit controls".
That is simply not correct; you were being questioned about your travel plans which happened to be a trip through ORD to AMS. It is standard CBP examination: ask questions and see how people react and if the answers make sense. Had you been traveling YYC-ORD-MIA, he might have asked you what you plan on doing in MIA. Would you then consider that a prediction of internal immigration control? The fact that he was questioning you about why you were going to AMS is totally unrelated to "exit controls" and your linking the two is puzzling considering you were entering the country.
Originally Posted by
yyzvoyageur
I'll bet you have been given the once-over each time, via camera.
Correct. (I was actually stopped once by FRA in the green line-- took 30 seconds once he found out I was transfering).