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Old Apr 25, 2025 | 5:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
You've entered the United States, but you are still subject to ag and customs enforcement. Note that any airport which accepts preclearance passengers must have CBP facilities.
That's true. But at LGA, the CBP presence exists (at Terminal A) primarily for the purpose of clearing general aviation/charter flights, as LGA does not receive scheduled commercial flights from international airports which lack a pre-clearance facility. Of course, none of this precludes CBP officers from meeting a pre-cleared commercial flight at one of the other terminals, but that would be very unusual. Would be interesting to learn if that's ever happened at LGA.
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