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If you're a citizen, you don't have to prove your status at a random stop.
That's the loophole, for now. Anyone could claim to be a citizen, as there is, currently, no requirement to carry papers showing your citizenship. A week or two back, I posted a link to an article about the introduction of mandatory papers for citizens of the UK. "illegal immigrants" is supposed to be a major problem for the UK too.
I had not thought about that "US passport card", mentioned above. If we had a functioning government, I might trot down to the Post Office and apply for one...because paying a fee, is better than being in CECOT, or "Alligator Alcatraz" with no remaining relatives to get a lawyer on the case.
Steve
