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Old Aug 30, 2017, 2:57 am
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Originally Posted by jphripjah
I don't think this had anything to do with green card v. citizen.

I'm a US citizen. Sometimes I get this grilling returning from Europe. Sometimes they skip me and grill someone else.
It has to do with "security" theater, and it's indeed not a US citizen vs US LPR thing.

The interrogators for these flights are paid to show up and make it seem like they are doing something that satisfies those who employed them, those who pay their employer, and those who required that there be this dog and pony show in the name of "security".
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