There have already been cases where ICE has disregarded Passports. They really don't care what if you're a citizen, so they don't really care if you have proof of citizenship.
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They don't give a shit if you have proper ID or not, they JUST wanna punish brown people for not being white.
"This brown person has REAL ID, it must not work"
So ridiculous since that was the whole fucking point.
Then why did I just spend $85 to get this ID just to get on a fucking plane?
Because not having an ID is a crime. Having the ID just isn't proof you didn't commit a crime.
It's a Heads-I-Win, Tails-You-Lose situation
These people are a joke.
Gotta be something worse to call them; jokes are usually funny. These people ain't funny. Like clowns. 🤡
Are we sure Philip Lavoie is a citizen? Sounds French, let's deport him to El Salvador.
Edit: sorry got Real ID mixed up with ID.me
This is bullshit, and clearly they don't care if you have documentation or not, they jsut want to harass brown people.
Eat a bag of ducks and run the ID. Yes its not tied to citizenship. But legal status.
I'm sure none of these assholes had to stand in line at the DMV with a stack of papers to get their REAL ID. Eat a bag of dicks. And of course this is coming from Alabama, can we just get rid of the fucking south already? I'm so done, they can have their BIble land or whatever, just leave the rest of us in peace.
WTF?!?! The Real ID and US Passports do not mean shit in the USA. Fakes! Every single one of them
To be fair, REAL ID was never meant to give citizenship. Its purpose is identity and lawful presence. I have friends here on visas. They're obviously not citizens, but also they're here legally and have REAL IDs.
For this same reason, people trying to say proof of citizenship to vote is no big deal because everyone has a REAL ID is full of shit in multiple ways.
* proof of citizenship or lawful presence. Which is supposed to be indicated on the card. Which is supposed to be validated by DHS.
One of the ways REAL ID doesn't matter for voting is that putting a ballot in a box is only the very first step in counting a vote, and there are multiple checks whether it's valid and from person that is allowed to vote afterwards. After several centuries of practice paper voting is pretty thoroughly stress tested. Even if most people have no idea how.
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I have been unable to get a real id because when I was 8 my parents changed my name. Then when I lived in Maryland there refused to issue an ID using my now legal name. When I moved back to my home state of New Mexico my id used my birth name as it was on my Maryland id. Now I have half my stuff using my birth name, half using my legal name, cannot get a real id.
This year I plan to change my legal name back to my birth name... or maybe something totally different.
Anything to hurt immigrants under trump.
Freedom to Fascism by Aaron Russo was ahead of it's time. This segment always scared me and we're almost there: https://tube.doortofreedom.org/w/68CKXrEhwRFCmCunHmktys?start=1h22m4s
So, what can be used to confirm citizenship, DHS?
inb4 "nothing"
I think this is the only one the likes of Stephen Miller want to accept.
Doesn't matter if your family has been here for generations...
Skin color. Sexual orientation. Gender. Mental health. Loyalty to an orange pedophile. Those are the only real way to know your citizenship status.
Let's not forget political affiliation for tie breakers!
Melanin levels mostly
A proven record of donations to Trump.
Fascists will always contrive some arbitrary rationalization to do whatever the fuck they want to do with you. They have no allegiance to truth, logic or consistency.
Why am I not surprised that the government is inept.
Does it really count as ineptitude when they're doing it on purpose?
It is completely possible to be evil and inept at the same exact time.
Still don't have my REAL ID, I have my passport. Zero reason to get one until I'm forced to in 2028 when I renew.
Personally at this point I think passports should be free for every US Citizen to get, or at least the card one.
Yeah pretty sure the real point they're saying this now is so that ICE can black bag people with a real ID not carrying their passport. Only a matter of time until that can't be verified too.
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So is a passport.
Birth certificate? Straight to jail
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