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Old Sep 6, 2012 | 9:05 am
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Passport "red flagged" for secondary inspection by CBP - what next?

So as I mentioned in another thread, I refused to answer some questions from CBP while re-entering the country by air, and ended up with a secondary inspection, two hour detention, bag search finding nothing, interrogation, etc.

At the end of the incident, the officers were typing up notes for my electronic file. One of the officers gleefully informed me that I would know be red flagged and thus likely to be selected a lot for secondary inspection in the future because of my history of being "uncooperative."

Anyone ever been red flagged by CBP like this and what should I expect on future re-entries? Automatic secondary inspections for life or if I feel like cooperating in the future could secondaries be avoided?
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