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Originally Posted by BeatNavy
Perhaps. Although I read this elsewhere: “it’s not been 24 hours in a while. And FIS in C is limited to only to afternoons to evenings. There aren't enough Customs staff to run 24 hours. Or both terminals. And now with one less early morning flight (BOM), they open (with less staff) about 3:30 - 4:00 in the morning to handle the DEL and JNB flights” and “=12ptCBP had already processed TK29, the final scheduled international arrival into EWR for the night, which had arrived at 10:42 PM, and CBP agents then had just left for the night.” Given the overall staffing shortages at CBP, perhaps what’s traditionally been “always” and 24/7 isn’t quite “always” these days. Or maybe the info I have is wrong.
I should have been detailed.
You are correct. The main customs halls in C & B have set hours. If you go down there at 2am it will be empty.
However, there are at least a couple of customs folks in the airport 24/7. If a plane diverted at say 1am and broke or the crew timed out, there is a mechanism to get the pax off the plane. It won't be efficient, but it will happen.
Oh, by the way. GO NAVY.😁