ewoo

When I travel to a foreign country, I am essentially asking permission to enter, so I expect and am totally unfazed by questions that might otherwise seem intrusive or personal.

But when I am returning home to my own country of citizenship (in this case, the United States), I find those questions very off-putting.

I was returning to the U.S. via Miami this week from a country of "high scrutiny" shall we say, but it was a country that I traveled to many times before. The questions from the agent were very much of a personal nature, about my boyfriend, how we met, his name, his citizenship status. I answered them truthfully and was "let back in" after a minimal delay, but I found the experience disagreeable.

As a citizen, I really only wish to have a few cursory questions and then, "Welcome back" from a CBP agent. Am I being unreasonable?