When we went through ATL we had to get our suitcases before going to the customs counters. After exiting the plane we went down the escalator and were directed to the appropriate carousel for our bags which we then walked past a few CBP agents to another area to redeposit them on another carousel for the connecting flight. I am assuming that the walk with the bags is the initial screening for possible further/secondary inspection. Overall it wasn't that bad, nothing compared to what I remember from my limo driving days at the international arrivals building at JFK about 40 years ago


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