> As a US citizen who has traveled to nearly 60 nations, I have never met a more accusatory, aggressive, macho, angry, often-times rude reception than in my lan

> As a US citizen who has traveled to nearly 60 nations, I have never met a more accusatory, aggressive, macho, angry, often-times rude reception than in my land of birth, and I'm a native-born citizen! I don't disagree with your other sentiment but this part made me laugh. My anecdotal experience has been that it varies considerably depending upon the staff member but generally they are as bored as immigration at every foreign port I've entered (Sample size of 40+ US entries as a permanent resident at LAX, ORD, ATL, SFO, IAH, and several land border checkpoints with Canada. Foreign experience has been NZ, Australia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, UK, Spain, France, Denmark, and Germany - all major entry points) and never had issues with US immigration, including one time when a green card expired while I was out of the country. I've been grilled more aggressively by UK and Danish immigration! I always assumed that this was just part of their training to catch people looking to overstay though. We have a mix of US and New Zealand passports and I've always put the NZ one on top - the agent usually starts admiring the design as I hand it over and the conversation starts on a friendlier note!