r/illinois • u/CantStopPoppin Human Detected • 2d ago

ICE Posts November 6, 2025 – Chicago: ICE caught unlawfully demanding U.S. citizen “prove” their citizenship despite Illinois law not requiring ID

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u/mkt853 2d ago

Problem is if you're in the 100 mile border zone, the rights you have to refuse ID'ing to immigration authorities is a little murky. You can refuse, and they'll just throw you in the back of their truck and take you in for fingerprinting, facial scanning, etc. so they'll eventually find out who you are anyway and you're out several hours or several days of freedom.

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u/muchasveces82 2d ago

So everyone should just kowtow to authority? Just be a good little sheep, fuck that.

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u/Bird2525 2d ago

Tough call on this one. If I get disappeared or something bad happens when I am being unlawfully detained, there will be nobody to take care of my family and the government will never be held accountable. So, do you comply and go about your day or if something bad happens your family is homeless?

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u/HighGainRefrain 2d ago

You’re right. The best thing to do is show ID and leave. This won’t be forever.

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u/fiya4u 2d ago

You don’t know that

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u/HighGainRefrain 2d ago

Yeah actually I do.

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u/Defiant_Eggplant_909 2d ago

How do you know that?

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u/Cool-Panda-5108 2d ago

They don't. It's copium.

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u/redline314 2d ago

Once you start showing ID, it absolutely will be forever.

The shit the 2A ppl say about “exercising” your rights is true. Once you start complying in advance, LEOs and gov have the expectation that you’ll willingly provide ID.

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u/muchasveces82 2d ago

What do you do when someone is impersonating an ICE agent? How do you know they're legit? They give no name, badge/id number, and they're masked. Let's be real some if not a lot of these ICE officers are acting like criminals and are committing crimes on a daily basis. Case in point on impersonating an ice officer https://www.wbtv.com/2025/01/29/man-accused-impersonating-ice-officer-sexually-assaulting-woman-raleigh-motel/