Hmm not to discredit this, but how does that work, being detained and having to produce a birth certificate ... does one normally daily carry a birth certificate next to ones ID?
And if you're detained without a a birth certificate while on vacation across the country?
Only ID on you? Go to prison?
No ID nor birth certificate and you'll either get shot or deported?
What if you speak something else than Spanish or English amongst yourselves?
How long 'till the Trump administration mandates a form of ID on ones hand, arm, or forehead?
Put them on an Ark - wooden, overloaded, cast adrift in the type of weather that would cause massive flooding, if you catch my drift. Of course, gathering two of each animal would be cruel, so we'll skip those.
No, that's why I didn't list it. I'm suggesting I don't doubt the veracity of the article because it's just impossible to have access to a birth certificate. That is a simplification of the opinion of the guy I replied to.
If you don't carry your federal ID with you at all times, there is no way to determine your US citizenship. Also, there is no federal ID. And many states issue drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants to avoid issues with unlicensed and uninsured motorists.
I understand, I was saying that's why they were asked for papers, suspected of being illegal immigrants, not saying they should've had to follow this bullshit