Your vacation starts when THEY say it starts.
42 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestA man violating a restraining order is detained at the airport. A stolen passport case is investigated after the passports are sent by mail. A passenger attempting to defraud customs by hiding luxury goods is scrutinized. A man with a contact ban on his wife attempts to board a flight, violating the restraining order. Counterfeit video games are intercepted at Atlanta Airport. A woman at San Francisco tries to bring luxury goods worth $200,000 into the U.S. without declaring them, believing she can sneak them past customs.
Every day, 3 million airline passengers travel into the United States— and every one of them is screened and their baggage checked by one of the 40,000 officers who work on America’s front line. This series documents the challenges faced by CBP at four of the busiest airports in the US including Atlanta, Honolulu, Detroit, San Francisco and Newark. From career drug smugglers and human traffickers to less serious visa and passport defaulters, everyone who comes into the United States by air is subject to scrutiny.
Editing
Slick reality packaging makes customs delays weirdly propulsive.
Production
Fly-on-wall airport access feels almost illicitly intimate.
Sound
Narrator Dan Nachtrab's voice: smooth peanut butter of authority.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of global 'border control reality' genre pioneered by UK's 'Border Security'—American version amps up post-9/11 security theater.
TMDB's 0.0 rating with zero votes suggests this dropped quietly; streaming algorithm fodder disguised as documentary.
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