Originally Posted by
Affection
On your blog site, you wrote
Second, even Customs has no right to ask for my passport as I leave the country. By law, we impose no “exit controls” on our borders, and such controls have frequently been used as tools of oppressing the people.
You are wrong about CBP not having a right to ask for your travel documents when you are leaving the country. By law, the CBP has the authority to check papers when somebody is leaving the country - they just choose not to do it on a regular basis. Sometimes, you can see CBP agents checking documents from departing public at airports and land borders - because they are given this authority by the US government.
I understand that you may have some strong political opinion about this and that [your comment about "opressing the people" gives a strong hint], and I am not arguing whether exit controls are right or wrong, but at least you should not distort the facts.