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Re:Trump's Next Trade War Target: Chinese Students at Elite ... by culturestate on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:59AM (#20093508)
The U.S. doesn't have traditional outbound passport control - checks are made electronically when you book a plane ticket and the airlines are given a go/no-go to issue a boarding pass.
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Re:Trump's Next Trade War Target: Chinese Students at Elite ... by Kurtz79 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @07:14AM (#20093836)
I must have entered/exited US about a dozen times in the last few years and I always had my passport checked by someone in uniform just before Security, when leaving.

Are these people not from Immigration/Border control?

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Re:Trump's Next Trade War Target: Chinese Students at Elite ... by rahimnathwani on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @07:31AM (#20093929)
Nope, they're from the TSA. Their job is to keep the transportation system safe and secure.
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Re:Trump's Next Trade War Target: Chinese Students at Elite ... by malaya_zemlya on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @07:50AM (#20094050)
This is travel document checking by a TSA agent. They don't technically require you to show a passport, but most other acceptable forms of ID are very US-specific.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification

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