silence7@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoCould You Prove You’re a Citizen? For Americans wrongfully detained by ICE, it can be nearly impossible to escape.nymag.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCould You Prove You’re a Citizen? For Americans wrongfully detained by ICE, it can be nearly impossible to escape.nymag.comsilence7@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoif only they had some sort of id card they kept on their person at all times… The government would know who they are. They are explicitly against this. So, “leopards ate my face”
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThe government doesn’t care. They won’t look at any proof even if you could provide it. Due process is how you prove who you are. They’re not doing any due process.
minus-squareoctobob@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoOr they’ll just call your ID a fake. It’s racism through and through. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/us-citizen-detained-ice-real-id
if only they had some sort of id card they kept on their person at all times… The government would know who they are. They are explicitly against this. So, “leopards ate my face”
The government doesn’t care. They won’t look at any proof even if you could provide it.
Due process is how you prove who you are. They’re not doing any due process.
Or they’ll just call your ID a fake. It’s racism through and through.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/us-citizen-detained-ice-real-id
They call your ID fake…