Originally Posted by
seawolf
What type of connection? International to international or international to domestic? For the later, bags will have to be claimed for CBP. I don’t see them willing to allow clearing bags not in presence of passengers as part of normal process.
Checked bags are already cleared by photo at pre-clearance, why wouldn't they be willing to do the same as part of the CBP process? If CBP wants to pull the bag of course they still could.