Originally Posted by
FWAAA
So in San Juan, where the officers stand on the jetway and inquire about the citizenship of passengers boarding a flight to New York, which function are they performing? It's a domestic flight.
Sometimes they ask everyone but yesterday they only asked those who didn't look the part of "citizen." Completely unprofessional clown-like behavior, if you ask me. Ask everyone for their papers or ask no one should be the SOP.
The are not doing what used to be called II(Immigration Inspector) work but USBP work. This would be the flying equivalent of a border patrol checkpoint.
And I tend to agree with all - ask all or none.