CBP Screening Passengers in Jetway on Domestic Flight
Sep 24, 2019, 1:20 pm
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Some domestic flights have received a reception from CBP too, which means passengers may be subjected to the questions during or after deplaning.
Sep 24, 2019, 1:32 pm
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IIRC there was someone accused of failing to report over $10,000 in cash that was caught on a domestic flight connecting to an international flight. There was a debate about whether the person was going to report the cash before boarding the international segment.
Sep 24, 2019, 2:26 pm
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Please don’t quote this junk map. It may be theoretical, but in practice CBP does not have secondary checkpoints based on the coasts. Only the northern and southern border zones. There are no checkpoints going from L.A. to Las Vegas, nor questioning at SEA, SFO or LAX going inland.
Sep 24, 2019, 3:43 pm
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CBP has 2 responsibilities - immigration and customs. So even CBP is not checking immigration status, CBP can still exercise its customs responsibility when it is appropriate. In fact, there are permanent domestic checkpoints within the U.S. serving that purpose, which are all within the U.S. territories due to the fact that these territories have its own customs zone.
Sep 24, 2019, 4:22 pm
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No.
CBP has 2 responsibilities - immigration and customs. So even CBP is not checking immigration status, CBP can still exercise its customs responsibility when it is appropriate. In fact, there are permanent domestic checkpoints within the U.S. serving that purpose, which are all within the U.S. territories due to the fact that these territories have its own customs zone.
CBP has 2 responsibilities - immigration and customs. So even CBP is not checking immigration status, CBP can still exercise its customs responsibility when it is appropriate. In fact, there are permanent domestic checkpoints within the U.S. serving that purpose, which are all within the U.S. territories due to the fact that these territories have its own customs zone.
Sep 24, 2019, 5:07 pm
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This thread is about screening passengers departing on DOMESTIC, not international, flights.
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This thread is about screening passengers departing on DOMESTIC, not international, flights.
As I have written a few hours earlier, future off-topic posts will be summarily deleted without further warning.
I have just had to delete a post complaining of harassment by CBP officers on the jet bridge while boarding a flight to Seoul.
Please stay on topic or risk being disciplined as prescribed in FlyerTalk Rule 23.
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Sep 24, 2019, 5:07 pm
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I have decided to do what some of the guys at the inland checkpoints in Arizona and elsewhere at the 50-mile mark north of the Mexican border do:
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I"m free to go?"
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I'm free to go?.
If you repeat that sequence long enough they will let you pass, since they cannot detain you.
But as stated, most people willingly give up their rights at the drop of a hat.
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I"m free to go?"
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I'm free to go?.
If you repeat that sequence long enough they will let you pass, since they cannot detain you.
But as stated, most people willingly give up their rights at the drop of a hat.
Sep 24, 2019, 5:29 pm
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I don't have GE, never have and never will. Same with Pre-check, my days of flying all the time domestically are done. If they were to detain me - which they legally can't - then if i missed my flight because of it, they would have to prove probable cause to detain me, which they can't, since they legally can't detain anyone.
Sep 30, 2019, 10:21 am
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I have decided to do what some of the guys at the inland checkpoints in Arizona and elsewhere at the 50-mile mark north of the Mexican border do:
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I"m free to go?"
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I'm free to go?.
If you repeat that sequence long enough they will let you pass, since they cannot detain you.
But as stated, most people willingly give up their rights at the drop of a hat.
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I"m free to go?"
"Am I being detained?"
"Then I'm free to go?.
If you repeat that sequence long enough they will let you pass, since they cannot detain you.
But as stated, most people willingly give up their rights at the drop of a hat.
Sep 30, 2019, 10:27 pm
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Can you pull out your cellphone and start recording when you are at the jet bridge to board your flight and a CBP agent on power trip wants to see your ID, keeps questioning you?
Oct 2, 2019, 7:23 am
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Oct 2, 2019, 8:22 am
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Pretty sure is not good enough. Be very careful when recording public servants (or anyone for that matter) because what is permitted and not permitted depends upon the jurisdiction. While it is legal to take video of public employees performing their jobs in public it is frequently NOT legal to record the audio of those same employees' conversations. In addition, while some jurisdictions allow one-party consent others require two-party consent to record audio. In practice, it is VERY difficult to take video with a phone without also capturing audio. This has led to persons being being arrested and the recording device impounded for videotaping a law enforcement officer doing something illegal.
Know if you are in a one party or two party consent state before recording audio.. Also, I think a case could be made that once on the jetway a person is no longer in a public area but on private property . Tread carefully