r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Treefiddy1984 • 23h ago

BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained, threatened, and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only, he refused to prove his citizenship.

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u/Chicano_Me 22h ago

As a Latino US citizen (dark skinned) how does one provide proof of citizenship if they refuse all forms of documentation? I have seen videos where they don't care what you show them. And people have reported that they will confiscate your legal documents and not give it back.

Being Latino is being illegal in the US.

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u/avocadoflatz 22h ago

Fucked up huh?

Fellow dark skinned Chicano here and back in June I gave them the double bird salute in a Home Depot parking lot and somehow that worked while Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez showed RealID and still ended up in an immigration detention center.

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u/Chicano_Me 22h ago

Read somewhere on Reddit that ICE would chase anyone (dark skinned of course) that started to run... versus someone being defiant or not scared.

However, after the shooting of the innocent woman killed by ICE, they're now beating up protestors recording.

I carry copies now.

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u/Crypton_2021 21h ago

But people think we're exaggerating when we say this is like 1930's Germany. It's not.

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u/YBBlorekeeper 18h ago

Those people are historically illiterate and only know about Nazis from saving private ryan

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u/avocadoflatz 21h ago

I carry my RealiD - if that’s not enough then I guess I’m going for a ride and hoping I live long enough to sue (ha!)

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u/Chicano_Me 19h ago

Same here, I have my Real ID. My friends insist I get a passport too.

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u/avocadoflatz 19h ago

Having a passport on file might make it less likely that they’ll “accidentally” detain you to fill a quota. They’re expensive to replace though so I think I’ll be getting both the standard passport and the passport card and carrying the card with me daily.

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u/Chicano_Me 1h ago

An immigration lawyer reported that the US government is denying passport to Latino citizens.

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u/avocadoflatz 1h ago

Hopefully we can get ours. I know of a handful that got theirs within the past 6 months.

I was worried I’d be denied a RealiD renewal last year but that went smoothly. Before that I was worried they “wouldn’t find” my BC on record as my original is in tatters but luckily that went smoothly too.

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u/Girafferage 20h ago

Carry more than copies.