I have dual citizenship (Brazil and US) and recently entered the US, coming back from a trip to Europe.
I was with my 9yo son, my fiancé (not my son’s mother) and her 9yo nephew. All three of us have US passports.
We crossed the border into the US through Philly, and at no time we were asked for travel authorization for the kids, which was a big surprise to me.
My fiancé and her mother have crossed the US border multiple times with her nephew/grandson and were never asked for travel authorization.
Unless I’m missing something, this sounds like an enabler to human-trafficking. On this day and age, why would the border agents not ask for travel authorizations?
Although I had a notarized authorization from the Mom, I don’t think I should be able to cross a border without being properly checked.
The same happened when entering Portugal.
My mind was blown.
How come we were not checked for traveling with the kids?
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>On this day and age, why would the border agents not ask for travel authorizations?
Without any other reason to suspect something illegal was going on, they really had no right to stop you. As US citizens you have the unrestricted right to enter the country, and in the US everyone is presumed innocent unless there is probable cause to suspect otherwise
EDIT: If your nephew had been reported kidnapped, it would’ve popped when they ran the passport, so it’s also not like there was *no* protection or checks in place
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