Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
I've entered the U.S. at a cruise terminal two times in the recent months and my experience with entering was very painless. Does the type of entry, passengers on cruise ship who most likely embarked at the same port, dictate to some degree how thorough the entry process is?
How many of your co-workers have been pulled to work the southern border these last few months?
1) To a degree, yes. Cruise terminals are some of the fairly easier posts we have. (Ideally) We know of everyone who is getting of those boats. A few visitors or crew with visas, but most everyone is a USC. No admissibility questions there, and vary rarely is anyone smuggling anything back into the U.S. of major concern. Everyone at the airport would love to be doing that instead, but the guys at the seaport don't care for it, they have even easier jobs that they'd rather be doing. Or so I've heard. Maybe one day I'll transfer to a seaport. Savannah would be nice.
2) Quite a few, mostly new guys. TDY's for a couple months.