Comment on YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card.

doublenut@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What should be is not the same as what is.

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  • cheesybuddha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Don’t comply

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    • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This is a difficult thing to respond to. I have actually been stopped by ICE because I live in Portland, Oregon. I gave them my passport card and they said, “okay, you can go”. I then cussed them out, saying “You blind motherfuckers, you aren’t even good at racial profiling; do I look Mexican to you?”

      They told me to fuck off. And I did, after giving them the middle finger and calling them “fucking Blackshirts”. But this interaction accomplished what I wanted it to: it (1) caused aggravation, (2) shows them that they aren’t welcome and (3) that their presence is not appreciated. In hindsight, I should have stayed and argued to waste their time.

      If I had just refused to do anything the whole time, the most likely outcome was that I would have been taken to the ICE facility in downtown Portland and accosted for a few hours, accomplishing nothing.

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      • paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        “You blind motherfuckers, you aren’t even good at being racist; do I look Mexican to you?”

        Right… because it was only a problem because you’re Asian… the stop would have been fine if you were actually Mexican… gee thanks.

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      • cheesybuddha@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well, if there are going to be consequences, I guess you have no choice but to comply.

        Grandad is rolling over in his grave right now.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What IS is that they don’t care about little pieces of paper in your wallet.

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    • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I got checked by ICE in Portland and they let me go when I gave them my passport card. Of course, it really does depend on whether you got an agent with an IQ of 90 or an IQ of 70. But it doesn’t hurt to have one.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Should is a funny word

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