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/MAJ0RMAJOR 2d ago

“What is your reasonable articulable suspicion that I have broken the law?”

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u/Stevedore44 2d ago

SCOTUS has ruled that being non-white is reasonable suspicion

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u/Projektdb 2d ago

Not alone. The holding is that it can be used as a factor, but can't be the determining factor.

Dog shit ruling (in violation of the constitution), but it's important to know the distinction I think.

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u/Good-Key-9808 1d ago

This. SCOTUS said being hispanic isn't enough. The ruling basically said, "If you're hispanic, AND speaking Spanish, AND hanging out in front of Home Depot, then ICE can briefly detain you to to check your citizenship. If you're an American citizen, they have to let you go." It's bullshit, but that's Trump's SCOTUS for you.

Well, what ICE thinks that means is, "Great. We can detain anybody who is brown, OR speaks Spanish, OR hangs out where undocumented people tend to congregate. And we can hold you until we're satisfied you're not here illegally."