Originally Posted by
jsloan
Incidentally, you hadn’t exited security. As an international arriving flight, you were never considered sterile in the first place. The US doesn’t trust anybody else’s security screenings. If you don’t like it, write your representative in Congress.
Don't flights from pre-clearance airports count as somebody else's security screenings? On these arrivals, people can connect without another screening. The main issue with other international arrivals is that pax could have taken a forbidden item out their checked bag.