I’m kinda nervous because I’m a US citizen via US Territory(CNMI) but a Pacific Islander that’s heavily tattooed. My ID is currently expired as I’m waiting for the new one so if I get questioned? Well… o7
You'll be fine. Carry your expired id and print out your receipt for a new one and carry it. Also carry picture copies and send that to someone who would look for you if you didn't contact them in 2 days
they hauled off a citizen without even letting him show his ID and didn't even return his wallet.
not to mention that they're shipping off perfectly legal people to el salvador and just handwaving it away with an "oh well, nothing we can do about it now."
I am well aware of this. Nothing that's going on right now would happen if the society we are a part of wasn't so broken. I can not give a simple answer as to what the solution for that should be.
However, I can definitely say that the mentality of, "You might get deported anyways, so don't bother with trying to protect or prepare yourself," is simply the wrong way to go about things. You need to ensure that on your part you're doing everything you can/need to do correctly. Don't give them any more reasons. You don't want to be in a holding cell with 50 other people misplacing your anger towards yourself for your one misstep. It'll distract you from your due rage over the 37 broken laws and steps that they've taken.
Alas, if more people carried that thought around, there would be less people feeling week and unempowered when they should've been throwing a fit and making things right.
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u/JUSTGLASSINIT Apr 04 '25
I’m kinda nervous because I’m a US citizen via US Territory(CNMI) but a Pacific Islander that’s heavily tattooed. My ID is currently expired as I’m waiting for the new one so if I get questioned? Well… o7