Can anyone explain to me what I’m missing here?

We had our SXM Covid testing done Thursday morning for our flight home on Friday at MedWorks in Simpson Bay. Appointments made and paid on line and very prompt as far as no back-ups. A slight glitch in that the lab itself neglected to send our results back to the collection point but that all worked itself out eventually. All this to the tune of $140.00 total for both of us for the rapid antigen test since we’d both already received our vaccinations prior to traveling from home.

Now here’s my question. WHY? At no point or time at PJIA did anyone ask to see them or if we had gotten them done. I kept asking at every stop - check-in, passport control, TSA and finally at the gate and not one person asked for them. NOPE! So I’m thinking maybe as we actually board the plane they will check them. NOPE! Then I thought perhaps the results were emailed to the airport in SXM in advance of departure or perhaps to C & I Border Patrol at our point of US entry which for us was MiamI. NOPE! I could understand maybe one of us slipping by without shoepwing them but both of us and at every possible spot? Really?

Has anyone else returning of late had to show these swabbing confirmations or is this just another means of raising revenues? I really don’t think the latter is the case but I just don’t get the necessity of making people jump through yet another set of hoops. Both my DH and I now have one more souvenir from what was a lovely vacation.