Comment by y-curious
9 months ago
If it makes you feel better, I'm now a US citizen and border patrol still does this stuff to us. I think it's part of their training, and it's definitely unwelcoming. That said, as a visa and greencard holder, I just made sure to always be prepared on crossing and never had a single issue.
It does depend on where you enter the country, at least in my experience (UK citizen, have visited a lot both on visa waivers and prior to that on visas, since the 80s).
Every time I've flown into Austin, TX, they've been super-nice. DC likewise. NYC/Newark are brusque but not nasty. San Francisco are scary. Boston on the one time I flew there was just horrendous, though that might have just been one agent who was having a bad day.