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Could You Prove You’re a US Citizen? (nymag.com)

submitted 3 days ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (3 children)

How can you do anything if you're detained by ICE? If you have your birth certificate or passport in a safety deposit box you can't access it when you are detained.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There was a guy who had his US passport card on him. ICE still detained him, claiming it was fake. And they're desperately trying to get rid of due process, so there's no opportunity to correct them.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

if they have done it to one person then they are not “trying” to get rid of due process, it’s already gone. :(

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And if there's no more birthright citizenship, how will any of that help anyway?

At some point very soon, I see everyone having to appear before some official, fill out pages of forms, pay a fee, and take an oath in order to be registered as a citizen.

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Only American citizens are able to hold a passport so that would be a way to prove it. In fact, for most people, your passport is easily the most valid form of government ID that you can get.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

unless it’s claimed to be a fake

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 days ago

Unless it’s taken or until it expires

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Start shooting. You were already dead when they decided to target you.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe without basic rights but not dead

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

If you're getting sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador never to see your friends or family again, you're gonna wish you were dead