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

submitted 2 months ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 months ago

unless it’s claimed to be a fake

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 months ago

Unless it’s taken or until it expires

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe without basic rights but not dead

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months 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