Reply to Are you getting a passport card so you can travel with US?

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "Are you getting a passport card so you can travel with US?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US citizens are not required to carry proof of citizenship. However, it’s not a bad idea these days. CBP claims the right to stop anyone without needing probable cause or reasonable suspicion for a 100-mile border zone. The zone covers a wide swath of the US, including the DMV.

CBP can ask you about your citizenship during a stop. Although there is no requirement to prove it, I would not mess with this in the current environment. Not all states include citizenship on the REAL ID. Get a passport card. Anyone who is here legally and is not a citizen should be carrying proof that they are in the US legally.

A summary of the legal basis for these stops is here: https://www.aclutx.org/en/know-your-rights/border-pocket-guide

The posters upthread saying they will sue if they are stopped—good luck with that in this environment.[/quote]

Yes true but there are many news stories about ICE picking up citizens (particularly Hispanic ones) and placing them in detention for days despite the citizen insisting they’re a citizen until someone calls a lawyer to get them out.  No one wants to take a risk in this “shoot first, ask questions later” environment, particularly for kids.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics