Originally Posted by
GUWonder
This CBP push for more preclearance facilities in the "Old World" is not being done to improve my travel experience or lower the cost for travel and/or passenger processing for immigration/customs purposes; it is being pursued by the U.S., using sticks and carrots, due to paranoia about travelers to the US being terrorists, other criminals, or otherwise inadmissible to fly to and/or enter the U.S.
^
If only the majority of folks understood this to be the real reason why. AUH demonstrated how bad it is and that was with only 6-7 flights per day. Now just imagine LHR on a typical day with 75-100 flights going to the U.S. what CBP processing will be like.