Interesting thin in POE Atlanta

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rpranesh

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The ICE officer at the POE took my US passport and asked "What is the purpose of visit to THE US". I said "US Citizen, live here". Later I realized I should have better replied "This is my country and I do not need a purpose to enter"

She said "Ohhhh" and then took a look into my passport.....

To give her benefit of doubt, the visitor lane was all empty and US citizens were redirected to use the visitor lane and I was the first person as US citizen in that lane.

Update: I meant CBP.
 
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Are you sure it was ICE and not CBP? As US citizens, we are one of the few nations that have a privilege to be interrogated by the immigration officers when entering our own country. If you travel frequently, I suggest you look into the Global Entry programme to avoid long lines and intrusive questioning from the CBP.
 
TheRealCanadian said:
It wasn't ICE, it was CBP. And it was the visitors' lane. I'm not surprised at all.
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Will you be surprised if you return to the USA via land border and upon giving the CBP officer a US passport, he will ask you what your citizenship is while looking at the passport? :D Happened to me twice.
 
Same here. More than twice actually :)

König said:
Will you be surprised if you return to the USA via land border and upon giving the CBP officer a US passport, he will ask you what your citizenship is while looking at the passport? :D Happened to me twice.
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