Originally Posted by
skywardhunter
Is it? I've got a friend who's struggling to get from Colombia to India via Miami because of the need for a US Visa.
this is a different thing, having direct I-I connections flow passenger wise is different from immigration requirements. US removed the former transit without visa after 9/11 as they figured it could be abused by terrorists claiming to do I-to-I travel without visa and being able to board a US bound plane