For fellow Americans living in cities where ICE is active, many people, especially those of Hispanic descent, are already carrying around passports on their persons at all times because they’re rightfully afraid of being forcibly disappeared or deported to some random South American country.
A passport card can be obtained for $30 from the Department of State. It is considered exactly equivalent to a passport within the US, but it’s the size of a credit card. It is a valid travel document for land and sea travel within North America and the Caribbean. It also counts as a Real ID. The card is good for ten years.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/card.html
Do not do this if you are transgender or have an X gender marker. They will cancel your passport and tell you to apply for a new one with your sex assigned at birth.
Bigger argument is not having due process. Even if you have identification, they can still throw you in jail or deport you. Only thing that might help is having a close community and being armed.
Of course they still can, they can also dome you the moment they see you. But there is a higher chance of surviving if you have identification. Why would you actively argue against doing something that can, at worst, do nothing and, at best, help you? And no, that is not the only thing that might help.
Because it’s giving in to fascism. It’s going along with it and accepting that in the U.S. you have to carry ‘papers’. It shouldn’t be about looking after your own personal best interests, it should be about fighting back to reclaim the country from fascism.
Look, I don’t like in the us, but if you feel safe enough that you can make the call to not protect yourself, be my guest. But there are many in theus that isn’t as safe as you.
“Just give into the fascists bro, don’t stand up for your rights. Just comply bro.”
Have the trump admin demanded that people get ids? How is thos “giving in”?
Nah, that was the fascists prior to trump.