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Retaining our employees. if you look at the past eight years, the good guys were being handcuffed. we are taking the handcuffs off the bad guys and letting them go. anyone who crossed the border illegally we would take them into custody and then turn around and let them go and they would disappear into the shadows of society. since we've had a new president come in and since he is tough on the laws and wants to enforce the laws, our agents are a heck of a lot happier and we are able to keep them a little bit bette better. i think were going to get it done. >> shannon: you need funding for that...

Able to search that. so while customs agents were interviewing nathan about the purpose of his trip, fbi agents were copying all the paperwork that nathan had brought back with him. and during that search we found a number of very incriminating items that really broke the case wide open. >> they found some money that he brought back. i think it was over $7,000 or $8,000 on him. >> and they found a notebook that had a lot of very interesting information in it. the notebook was pretty much the jackpot. it confirmed he had addresses of the russian embassy in mexico city and he had the address for...

Customs agents halted him, demanded his cell phone, asking why are you taking pictures. >> i wanted the opening of the bridge. i was going to take the opening of the bridge, the entrance of the bridge. that's all i wanted to do. >> they searched his truck and found five bullets that he forgot to remove. he is a concealed carry permit holder. he was detained but never arrested. customs seized his truck, telling his attorneys it was subject to the government civil asset forfeiture program because it was used to transport munitions of war. two years later, they still have it. >> i'm making paymen...

Customs agents halted him, demanded his cell phone, asking why are you taking pictures. >> i wanted the opening of the bridge. i was going to take the opening of the bridge, the entrance of the bridge. that's all i wanted to do. >> they searched his truck and found five bullets that he forgot to remove. he is a concealed carry permit holder. he was detained but never arrested. customs seized his truck, telling his attorneys it was subject to the government civil asset forfeiture program because it was used to transport munitions of war. two years later, they still have it. >> i'm making paymen...

Planes for three days. >> it was thailand to singapore to seoul to lax to tpa, tampa. i've been pleasantly surprised at how smoothly the process has gone. i experienced no problems anywhere. >> it's been pretty good getting here to america from australia. it was a bit scary coming through border protection, but i think we expect that these days with the way things are and travel bans and banned items, things like that. >> reporter: he says he did experience long lines and some customs agents that might have been a little bit friendlier, but that's the worst of it, travel is on and alex, we're ...