Just a quick note...

I went through Immigration the other day and encountered a rather amusing gentleman. I am not even sure why (since he took me by surprise), but he referred to himself as a "jack-booted thug." I responded by saying something like, "At least you aren't the TSA." He response: "We hate them, too."

I say as little as possible when I go through Immigration, but this guy was too amusing not to engage him - even if for only a few seconds.

ETA: I asked if he was, in fact, wearing jack boots. He said no with a smile...

Wondering if somebody just called him that because they were questioned or something.

Pretty funny though.

Just so you know, the officers who perform primary inspection functions at airport ports of entry are not Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Rather, they are Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. There is no "Immigration" as part of Federal Inspection Services. Instead, FIS is three different inspections, as follows:

- Passport Control
- Customs
- Agriculture

Depending on the size of the FIS facility and location, the three above inspections might be conducted by multiple officers, or just one. Typically, at major airports, you encounter two officers, the first ("primary") CBP officer conducts Passport Control; the second CBP officer conducts Customs and Agriculture inspections. All officers theoretically have been cross-trained to perform all inspection functions.