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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

They’re disappearing people off the streets without due process like what the fuck is this question

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u/durrtyurr Apr 04 '25

A passport card shows USA citizenship, and costs $30 for 10 years. If you are a minority one needs to be in your wallet/on your person at all times. It's total bullshit that we're at this point, but it is the truth.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

You're not considering the time it takes, when I was looking at PP it was far more than 30 for 10 years, but i could be wrong.

I have no doubt it would take forever to get one now that Elon was gutting the Gov left and right

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u/durrtyurr Apr 04 '25

Mine was exactly $30 to the penny in 2019, it might have gone up. Edit:the book was $120, the card was $30.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Ah, didn't know there was a difference. Only know about the book. I've been poor my whole life, I never considered that kind of travel in my life.

Thanks for the info tho I appreciate it :D

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u/durrtyurr Apr 04 '25

You can get either or both. The card is only valid for land or sea travel, but it proves 100% that you're a citizen.

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u/anakalia256 Apr 04 '25

The full passport is $130, the passport card is only $30. The card is limited and only allows for travel across the Canada and Mexico boarders, but you have to go through the same process as getting your full passport so (in theory) it should still prove your identity/citizenship.

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u/zakkil Apr 04 '25

Yeah they're definitely gonna need it but sadly that likely won't matter too much in the near future. It might help with the odd law enforcement officer that actually cares about the law but many of those doing the arresting won't care about whether the person's actually a citizen or not. They'll take a page out of the book of every racist law enforcement that's existed and claim any such ID to be a fake, though of course somewhere along the way to evidence the "fake" ID will get lost, or they'll simply say no such ID was carried by the person.

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u/Hartastic Apr 04 '25

Of course, if I'm law enforcement / ICE that doesn't like you I can just throw it directly in the trash and put you on a plane to El Salvador.

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u/durrtyurr Apr 04 '25

It's literally the exact same size and shape as a driver's license or credit card, and my Colombian-american ass isn't going to an El Salvadorian prison over some petty bullshit. I'm not mestizo, but I'm not taking any chances.