For years and years I was searched on arrival to the States. Even though I had a residency visa and work permit they still looked at everything.
It probably was the briefcase full of US dollars I would carry back with me that aroused their suspicions.
Before you jump to any conclusions it was totally legal.
I was in business and part of the JNIP (Jamaica National Investment Program) and was granted a ten year tax exemption in Jamaica. Also, in those days if you were "domiciled" in a foreign county as per the tax code your foreign earnings were not taxable in the US. No longer the case.
After 6 or 7 years of this I was interviewed by the IRS and DEA for a few hours. They said they'd been watching me for years and that I was either the best damn smuggler there ever was or completely innocent. Either way they shook my hand and said goodbye.
I was never stopped after that.
