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YSK: How to document that you are a US citizen

https://www.usa.gov/prove-us-citizenship

The most common way to show that you are a US citizen is to show a passport. However, only about 50% of US citizens have a passport.

An alternative to a passport is a Certificate of Citizenship.

Certificates of Citizenship and Naturalization show proof that someone is a U.S. citizen. The website https://www.usa.gov/prove-us-citizenship shows how you can get or replace these documents.

Prove your citizenship: born in the U.S. with no birth certificate. If you were born in the U.S. and have no birth certificate, learn how to get documentation to prove you are a U.S. citizen.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just don’t be brown. That’ll keep you safe for a couple of years.

Then be white but only ever say nice things about the glorious leader. You’ll be good for another year. Oh, you may need to be a publicly avowed ‘christian’ too.

Then continue to be white and christian, and be sure to be a card carrying, tribute paying member of the party of the glorious leader.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

That sounds very patriotic. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

LOL

You think it is about citizenship do you? That’s cute.

Just be white. That’s all. This is ethnic cleansing, and it will get a lot worse over the coming months.

Also, your elections were rigged. You’re living through a hostile takeover of your country. If election laws didn’t matter, and national security breaches didn’t put him in jail, you really think this has anything to do with legality?

They are just using the belief of the masses in law against themselves, the same way we all believe a dollar has “gold backing”.

The moment we stop believing, is the moment we will be free.

Edit: If you’ve wondered why everything looks like a coup since he got in, perhaps it is because it is one.

https://lemmy.world/post/31401705

https://youtu.be/AaKFx5rxdmA

https://smartelections.us/

https://electiontruthalliance.org/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Being white certainly helps, but they are also detaining white people now:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jasmine-mooney-canadian-detained-ice-us-mexico/

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With no more due process, an ID and proof of citizenship do not matter at all. They're not checking ID's before hauling people away. And given ICE is going around masked and without uniforms there is no way to verify their authority either. I absolutely loath violence to a point, and that tipping point is the safety of the people in my family and community, regardless of their citizenship. If a group of unidentified masked gunman are attempting to kidnap someone, the only truly patriotic American response is to defend their liberty with all necessary force. Given the murder happy training of our law enforcement, that will obviously result in tragic deaths. But that, protecting the people (all the people, not just citizens) from a corrupt government, is the fundamental justification for the 2nd amendment, always has been.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It's going to be pretty hard for people to fight for their rights when their stuck in a prison in El Salvador. With no due process, people will get shipped off before they have a chance to plead their case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What about a “Real ID” drivers license?

While a regular license makes no claim about citizenship, id expect “Real ID” to only be obtainable by citizens

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That’s what I was thinking and wondering too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yet if you’re homeless living in your car you cannot get one which means you cannot go into the social security building

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Real ID proves legal presence in general iirc. E.g., permanent residents can get Real IDs

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I call BS on 50% of citizens having a passport. No way is it that high.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

I don’t know… A LOT of people I know got their passports over the past year or so. Many of them have zero intentions of traveling abroad.

So it could be that high… still 50% seems but plausible if people are doing what a lot of the people I know are doing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did a search on it. You get different numbers. Some sources say 45% to 50%.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are those numbers for passports only, or do they include "passport cards" which are only good for Canada and Mexico?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Also only good for ground travel. But you have to go through the same process as a passport, so they’re usually an add on to the passport.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Do those not also verify citizenship?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

They do. For all intents and purposes they are a passport with severely restricted international travel limitations.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

lol doesn’t matter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Wait, you don’t have ID cards in the US?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As others say, ID has always been issued by states and is usually a drivers license, but also

  • until recently there was not standard security, so IDs that are not “Real ID” compliant have different standards
  • some states explicitly do not ask about immigration status. It’s better to have all drivers licensed and insured than for immigrants to drive unlicensed and uninsured
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

some states explicitly do not ask about immigration status. It’s better to have all drivers licensed and insured than for immigrants to drive unlicensed and uninsured

Interesting, that makes sense. I don’t think it’s possible in my country (France) for foreigners to take their driving test without a valid residence permit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

No, the closest thing to an ID card in the US is either a drivers license (which does not prove citizenship, any legal resident can get one) or a Passport (which does require citizenship by review of birth certificate).

Any US citizen who does not have a Passport (or Certificate of Citizenship/Naturalization) has no document proving their citizenship. A very high number of US citizens have no documentation to show their status as citizens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

ID cards are issued by the state, not the federal government.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ICE is not asking people for proof of citizenship. They are pulling up in unmarked vehicles, wearing masks, and grabbing people off the street.

I agree you should make sure you do have proof. But don't expect it to stop armed masked thugs if they roll up for you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know it is possible for some people to get a second, valid passport if they travel often enough, so that they can travel when one is being renewed, or if they travel between countries where a visa stamp from some other country might deny them entry.

Maybe "I look brown so ICE may confiscate my passport without due process" can now be a reason to get a second valid passport ....

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Elsewhere in a comment someone mentioned Passport Cards. iirc they're only valid for travel to Mexico and Canada, but they are proofs of citizenship, and you can have a card as well as a passport.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its the passport that also works for domestic air travel now that they banned drivers' licenses.

It does not have your address on it, so its a safer document to use to prove your age.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

* banned drivers licenses that don't meet the requirements that have had their implementation date pushed back repeatedly for a decade+. We will do anything and everything but have an actual national ID.

I don't think any drivers licenses count as proof of citizenship though. (Even before, as noted, factoring in that they're not looking.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Glory to Arstotzka!

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