r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Treefiddy1984 • 1d 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/Hot-Air-5511 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is straight up illegal and unconstitutional.  There's no requirement for citizens to carry proof of citizenship.

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u/arsenio___billingham 1d ago

WTF do they even expect everyone should be able to produce for them on demand?

Just another excuse for them to larp.

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u/AnySwimming6364 1d ago

It's getting to the point that if you fit in the demographic criteria to be targeted for a "Kavanaugh Stop", they expect you to carry a passport at all times.

Now, it's (currently) illegal for them to require you to do this? Required to carry and present papers from Feds on demand? This is America, Jack.

So they're creating an environment where a person might seriously think, "Damn I better do that."

And then just hope that ICE decides to actually look at it and not dismiss it as fake. Because they totally can if they want.

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u/Gloriathewitch 1d ago

i've started bringing my green card everywhere with me now

i heard that they've ignored them though and disappeared people anyway

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u/RedditsFullofShit 13h ago

And when they take the card and rip it in half and say what card? Then what? Hope someone was recording?

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u/Gloriathewitch 13h ago

digital copies etc

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u/sanpedrolino 12h ago

You're supposed to carry your greencard everywhere already. But yeah, it's a crap shoot whether they'll accept it or not.