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EWR ATC Hold
I think you just hit a bad day. EWR's inbound customs and immigration is usually one of the quickest one's I've been through. 15-20 minutes to get through immigration, pick up my bag (if I'm carrying one) and to walk out the front door. I've never (in over 15 inbound international flights last year) had it take more than 30 minutes.
I think i've had obscenely horrible luck with EWR. Outbound i spent 4 hours on the taxiway, having to get out of line to refuel, and then by the grace of god having air traffic control allow us to get back in line in the top ten rather then having to goto the back.