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this is litterally that one scene from the phineas and ferb movie (the 1st one) where this robot asks for papers or else death
Now that's since 1939 Gestapo crap if I've ever seen it.
I mean, sad as it is, fines are an improvement over just straight kidnapping people regardless of citizenship.
The bar is in hell.
I mean they kidnapped him too when they stood him up and put him in a car for a drive around the block
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.
Papers please American DLC when?
I think the IRL version just dropped
To be fair I believe it is a legal requirement for non citizens to carry their papers on them. https://international.northeastern.edu/ogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/DRAFTv5-FAQStatusDocs-3.24.25.pdf
This is not condoning the behavior of any of this b.s. that has been going on. But just trying to share information.
Greencard Perm Resident here who read all their paperwork very carefully thrice so I didn't have to hire a lawyer, can confirm am always supposed to carry it.
i see you’re not black, a minority, or visibly poor….
i’ve been fighting “papers please” for a while….
it’s definitely much worse now though
I certainly might not be those things, or I might not be American either. Hard to say for sure, it's fun to speculate though isn't it?
well if you think papers please just started, you’re probably white
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
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.”
😶
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.
The thing is, US Citzens don’t have to carry papers with them, so there is no way to enforce it without stomping all over the rights of citizens. We should all be outraged over the expectation of producing papers.
This is what it’s really all about; everybody has rights, or no one does. There is no in between.
Former green card holder here: I read all the paperwork I got and I always carried my green card on me cos I was aware of the requirement. Am a bit paranoid about paperwork.
My friend got her green card about 20 years ago, and she said they made it very clear she needed to carry it at all times.
Because no one forgets, ever. And even if they don't, what prevents a bad actor from stealing it?
All my youth, it was stressed to always carry my ID and social security card. Them it was "in two separate places," and then, "leave ss card home."
I didn't say anything about the enforcement of the rule or how dumb it was. I was only pointing out that it should not be a surprise to any green card holder that they need to be carrying it.
I guess similar to jaywalking. Very few people ever get fined/charged with it even though it being a crime in most states in the US.
My wife used to be a green card holder it was made clear to her when she got it that she needed to always carry it. Not defending the gestapo's actions, but the dude should not have left the card at home.
I gotta point out that in Canada at least, unless you're driving you don't need to carry any ID. You could be a freshly landed immigrant and you don't really need to carry anything. Unless you're driving, buying alcohol / weed or need to register for something. Its wild to me that "not having your papers" while just going about your day in the world is not resulting in major protests. Just wild.
I was still a kid (under 18) when I had a green card so maybe I didn't get the official lecture for that reason, and then my parents didn't think it was important enough to tell me.
I saw that. Why hasn't that been changed under any administration? Is it something we need to address?
I think that having unenforced laws is in general a bad thing because then the government can use selective enforcement as a tool of oppression, so you won't find me objecting to a repeal. Maybe it'll happen if there's ever a major backlash against Trump's immigration policies.
Doesnt that mean they can arrest everyone at the beach for nothing other than them not having their paperwork in the water with them. Throw them in the back of a truck and then if they so happened to be a green card fine them.
The whole thing seems sketchy.
"Why are you arresting/ticketing me?"
"Because there is no way you have papers in that Speedo"
republicans don't want to do it, and no one thought to include it as a rider on funding for israel, so democrats didn't do it.
Gee, why is no one going to the US?
I hope he gets rich from suing them.
It’s technically illegal to not carry your green card. But it’s also authoritarian as fuck to kidnap somebody because they didn’t have it on them.
And beeline to the poc.
I just wish it didn't come from our taxes. Should come from their pay and/or benefits.
That's the most American rebuttal to this - too bad the Supreme Court is in Trump's pocket.
He was technically required to have his papers on him and the Supreme Court made it legal to racially profile people… which is just sad but it does mean he has no recourse
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.
Sure. But this is a heck of a lot better than beating him up, arresting and deporting. Keep the pressure on them.
ICE = act on sight
run hide fight
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.
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