Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Interestingly, on exiting the USA, my passport gets checked at airline check-in and the boarding gate as well as at US Border Control and then security. It seems just about any airport official with a uniform and gun can demand to see it for some reason. I get the impression it is treated as a ready form of ID in most cases.Airlines always check. TSA will want to see that you have a passport if you are flying international. Although they are federal employees this is not an immigration check. The airlines don't want to have to fly you back if you get deported so they make sure you have a valid passport and a visa if needed. But that is not ICE doing the check for that.
There is also the I-94 document to be processed on exit for us aliens...
Just reading the CBP website now, there appears to be special conditions for Canadian and Mexican visitors, particularly when driving (land crossings).
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