Deadset. Which moron actually thinks mexican-looking peoples with actual passports are being approached on the streets and let go??

Source on this please!

Yup I was going to comment the same. The physical passport might be useful after the fact once you're in ICE holding being processed after x amount of hours/days. But then again at that point they would look you up in their systems so having the physical passport in your wallet may end up being a waste of time anyway.

The fact is if the ICE goon squad you encounter feels like arresting and detaining US citizens they're going to do it.

And that's assuming the ICE goons don't make up charges of assaulting them or similar, in which case I'm not sure if those US citizens being charged get released with a future court date or are detained indefinitely.

This is actually not super common. I was personally stopped by them and I was let go after showing my passport card. Ideally, ICE should not be arresting any citizens, but it happens anyway because they'll hire anyone who can breathe and do a decent seig heil. Nonetheless, a thing that works 80% of the time is still worth having.

Edit: I have managed to create a statistic for this. There are 22,000 agents which work for ICE, although this number was 12,000 prior to Trump's hiring surge (source). ICE claims they made 26,600 arrests in 2025 (source). This means each agent makes about 2 arrests per year on average at most. So unless you believe that most agents are checking only three or four people a year, this would indicate most people are being let go.

Or maybe a tattoo on their forehead!

Or just a stamp saying 'this person is unwanted but haven't found a reason to get rid of them yet' so you can show to the next ice 'agent' you've already been harassed earlier.

Apple has been trying to get states/governments to let them add their ID to Apple Wallet for years now. Only a handful of states have complied. I'm not sure if you can add a passport.

The most common misconception is that a cop will take your phone and have access to all your personal information plus they're in your phone. That's not how it's intended to work (but absolutely can regardless of whether your state supports digital ID). The intended use is much like paying for goods, they hold up a reader, you open Wallet and select your ID, tap your phone to their reader, and they can see all the relevant information. And it's encrypted and all that.

Of course, I'm talking about cops following procedure, not thugs working directly for Trump.

I have been stopped by ICE and was let go after showing my passport card.

It's not a guarantee, but it doesn't hurt.

They've already proven (okay stories but since it's been a few and they have no leeway to think they're better) that proper ID doesn't exempt you. Hell I bet even if their unknown app says you're good they'll still bring you in if they want to.

Fuck fascist governments and fuck ICE. They're a blight on humanity. Sure we can be that bad but everyone else is supposed to reign them in.

UN/NATO needs a fascism rule, countries that display enough fascist traits are treated as such, even if they have the biggest penis...I mean military.

Thank you. Papers, Please isn't the ending we need to run to. They can't treat us like criminals cause they feel like it

While I agree with the sentiment behind your post, this is like waving a copy of the Weimar constitution to the Gestapo.

I thought that you did within 100m of an airport

Or wear a star on your jacket for everyone to see.

"Ihre Papiere, bitte."

Ah, just like Trump wanted.

Give the government $30 to maybe stop violating your civil liberties

Lol, my mom had to pay like somewhere between ¥10,000 to ¥30,000 (Reminbi) in "fines" just so the PRC governenment even legally recognize my existence, because one child policy violation.

I have papers, they're holstered and chambered. there's about 17 pages of papers too.

Yeah fuck this.

You're incorrect on that https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2026/01/05/real-id-travel-immigration-status/88032182007/

Should is a funny word

What should be is not the same as what is.

Like that white lady who put a Mexican flag decal on her rear window just so she could be a decoy to waste their time pulling her over instead of those with darker complextions

Watch the comments advocating for resisting the fascist takeover and see the excuses and downvotes pour in.

So cooked.

You can take your own photograph or re-use a previous one. It's free to apply through the post office. Just $30 for the fee to issue one. That's all I paid for mine.

Edit: This is assuming you have a passport book already. If you don't, then yes, there's a $35 acceptance fee.

The admin is targeting white people. You might have heard of that white woman executed on false pretense recently, celebrated by leadership.

Framing as you do is both incorrect and prevents support to fix problems.

I am not going to lie and say it's 100% effective. But it most certainly will quickly get you out of ICE's attention 80% of the time when you are not wanting a confrontation at that time.

Edit: I have managed to create a statistic for this. There are 22,000 agents which work for ICE, although this number was 12,000 prior to Trump's hiring surge (source). ICE claims they made 26,600 arrests in 2025 (source). This means each agent makes about 2 arrests per year on average at most. So unless you believe that most agents are checking only three or four people a year, this would indicate most people are being let go.

Wait how'd you become ineligible after already having one?