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When Kelley Amadei disembarked from Delta Flight 1583 with her wife and son, she didn't expected to be greeted by two Customs and Border Protection agents standing at the jet bridge entrance.
As the plane taxied to the airport gate late Wednesday, Amadei felt like something wasn't right -- a flight attendant told passengers to have their travel documents ready for inspection before leaving the plane.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said they were looking for a specific person Thursday afternoon.
The spokesman added that the CBP does this regularly, and that the process started after 9/11. He said this case was a little different because they didn't have a picture of who they were looking for, just a name.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Passengers-Demand-Answers-After-Unnerving-Customs-Check-at-John-F-Kennedy-Airport-414638133.html
They requested identification from every passenger on a domestic flight.
Let that sink in for a moment...
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Now where have I heard of that before?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Get ready to resist, tolerate or bolt.
revmclaren
(2,529 posts)Its resist or (insert whatever is necessary here).
MADem
(135,425 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)And ask EVERY passenger to show ID?
I've never had to show my ID upon landing after flying cross country. I've got almost a million miles on United and several hundred thousand miles flown on Delta.
An SFO to JFK ain't supposed to end like that.
This is all Trump BS.
dalton99a
(81,578 posts)NotThisTime
(3,657 posts)Back and forth to Australia, never freaking once. Just at port of entry, that's it.