Ahh I see we are officially transitioning into the "papers, please" stage of fascism already. Buckle up folks, the road only gets rougher from here on out. The witch hunts don't stop here.

And if he had his papers, they would have said they were fake, confiscated them, and hassled him anyway:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/us-citizen-detained-ice-real-id

Gee, why is no one going to the US?

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

Apparently green-card holders have to carry their green cards around all the time. This law was so rarely enforced that I never knew about it despite having been a green-card holder myself.

Now that's some 1939 Gestapo crap if I've ever seen it.

Glory to Arstotzka, I guess.

From the article:

“I feel sad because, even though we were born here, that doesn’t matter any more,” the cousin said. She added: “To have our skin color has, apparently, become a crime. And it has become a crime deserving of this type of treatment – as if we were real criminals.”

😶

ICE = act on sight

run hide fight

They could have driven him to his house so he could retrieve those papers or have someone bring them out for him. Boom, crisis averted. It's not hard to not be a time-wasting asshole, but they seem to excel at it.

So, if you're a legal immigrant and get "randomly" asked for your paperwork, you have to produce it on the spot or face a fine?

What if you're a legal immigrant and just say you were born here? No native born citizen carries around their passport

Or can they also fine native born white Americans for their birth certificate and fine them if they don't have it? But we just don't hear about it because they don't bother "randomly" checking white people?

I hope he gets rich from suing them.

Papers please lol

That will be a fun law suit

May I zee your papers please.

https://archive.is/daiQD

Not defending the actions of these agents, but I'm so glad he only got a fine and not deported.

Btw, there are many enforced laws just like the requirement to carry greencard, for example, "legal weed" is a misnomer, weed is still federally illegal, so if you are a non-citizen or know someone who is a non-citizen, please know that: do not using weed or posessing weed until either (A) you get citizenship (remember: you aren't officially a citizen until the oath ceremony and get the papers), OR (B) decides to abandon the US forever.

This has been the law even before current political shenanigans.

They could potentially retroactively revoke citizenship if they found out about your weed usage/possession before you got citizenship.

If you are a citizen, the first thing you wanna say when you get detained/arrested/workplace-raid is tell them you're a citizen immediately, tell them your name and identifying info, A photo of your papers can help too.

The outcome all depends on whether you get the "standard" assholes who only mildly harass you, or get very unlucky and get the the MAGA assholes.

I mean, sad as it is, fines are an improvement over just straight kidnapping people regardless of citizenship.

The bar is in hell.

Nothing new. Wife is green card holder and they were clear it must always be with her when we got it almost 10 years ago

this is litterally that one scene from the phineas and ferb movie (the 1st one) where this robot asks for papers or else death

And if he had his papers, they would have said they were fake, confiscated them, and hassled him anyway:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/us-citizen-detained-ice-real-id

It makes me sick to think about how these people who slip through and talk to the press are just the tip of the iceberg. How many people have just disappeared without a trace? Are they in concentration camps, labor camps, death camps? I don't know if we'll ever have a complete picture of what's happening, but what we already know is heartbreaking. Fuck this.

“In Soviet Russia…”

Pitiful

May I zee your papers please.

Trumps gestapo doing a great job at violating so many citizens rights.

ICE is just going for their Glory to Arstotzka achievement.