Zonie63
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ORIGINAL: Fightdirecto The "Arizona insanity" is spreading...and needs to be stopped! Woman sues ICE, RI prison director over detention quote:
A North Providence, Rhode Island woman has sued several federal immigration officials, the Rhode Island prison system director and others claiming she was illegally detained as a possible illegal immigrant. The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed the federal lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of 48-year-old American citizen Ada Morales.... The suit says Morales was born in Guatemala and became a U.S. citizen in 1995. It also says Morales was detained under the same circumstances in 2004. She's been a legal, naturalized American citizen for over 15 years! Born legally in the United States, a legally naturalized citizen of the United States - it doesn't matter if the Arizona law gets upheld and spreads to the other 49 states. It seems we are being left with only one of two choices: a) Every legal U.S. citizen has to be issued a National Identity card within 30 days of birth (or on the day they become a naturalized citizen) which they will be required to carry at all times the moment they set foot outside their home, or b) Any legal U.S. citizen can be locked up at any time by any local, state or federal law enforcement officer if any local, state or federal law enforcement officer thinks they "look foreign". When SB 1070 was being debated in the legislature and looked like it was going to pass, I decided to get my paperwork in order. I drove to San Jose, California to get my birth certificate, because I had lost mine somewhere along the way. I needed it in order to apply for a U.S. passport and passport card, which I did right away. I used to have a passport back in the 1980s, but at some point, I lost it. It would have been expired by now anyway. So, now, I carry my U.S. passport card with me wherever I go, and I keep my regular passport hidden in a safe place at home, just in case. Not that anyone would confuse me for anything other than a typical white bread Anglo-American, but I just wanted to be on the safe side. All in all, however, there's no practical way of getting around having to carry some form of ID, even if it's just a driver's license and social security card. Every time I'm pulled over by the cops, they ask for my license, registration, and proof of insurance. They don't actually say "Papers, please" in a German accent, but they just might as well, since it amounts to the same thing. Heck, I even have to show my driver's license at Subway if I want to use my debit card to buy a fucking sandwich. I hate that. I can understand why people might resist carrying ID or showing it when asked, but it's a part of our system and a part of our culture. There's no way around it, as far as I can see. I would be the first one to applaud if cops were restricted from stopping people for bullshit reasons and asking for ID, as well as outright prohibitions on banks, bars, restaurants, and other businesses from asking for people's ID cards. That's really the way to go, if we really wish to deal with this problem. But I don't think that will ever happen.
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