Harrassed & Detained For Carrying Cash @ Airport

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Originally Posted by tstew

Large amounts of cash at airports are in fact another specific tell that is frequently linked to illegal activity.

Which is why the law stipulates that you must declare an amount more than $9,999.00. He did not possess that amount and was free to pass without declaring it.

Had he possessed $10k and tried to get through then there would have been trouble.

Originally Posted by tstew

If he had answered the few questions that would typically be asked in this situation, he would have been on his way

He said he would be happy to answer the question if he is legally required to do so. He asked them that question many times and they refused to answer it for him.

Had they answered his question they would have been on their way.

Originally Posted by tstew

Overall, airports are a unique place at this time and I do not see what happens at airports as a harbinger of things to come on the streets. I do not view it as a violation of my Constitutional rights every time I have to take my shoes off, nor am I concerned that the day will come when I'll be forced to take my shoes off when walking around town. The security concerns and practices at an airport are different.
I would also expect things to be different when driving into Mexico, for example, than when I'm driving around town. There are just sometimes different sets of concerns in different situations.

Now would Steve. Had they asked him to take his shoes off he would have. He went everywhere they asked him to.

He simply asked, with constant refusals to answer, is he legally required to answer the question and they continually refused to answer his question.

If border patrol guys get somebody with a large amount of cash that they feel constitutionally un-obligated to discuss, there may be some delay.

Hopefully border patrol knows that a person with $10k or more has to declare that money before crossing the border... either direction. But a person with $9500 is free to go and carry that cash.

That is the law and both the person carrying the money and the officers who might find said money are duty bound to obey it.