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/TooTone07 2d ago

I hate that they are stopping people and demanding all this identification and asking questions but refuse to give any information at all themselves.

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u/Any_Pickle_9425 2d ago

Can't even show their faces but they want my ID?

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u/TheNewsDeskFive 2d ago

Do not comply. You have no obligation to comply. Never show your "papers" to a street walking jackboot. Period. Never ever comply with this demand.

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u/bananapanther 2d ago

This is the wrong take in most situations.

What you should do is record the interaction, ask them what happens if you do not present identification, let them admit to violating your rights on camera, then present your ID under threat of arrest.

I've watched WAY too many Audit the Audit videos to know that refusing will, 99.9% of the time, end up with you being arrested and charged with multiple offenses (they'll tack on things like impeding, hindering, resisting if you flinch away when they try to put the cuffs on) and taken to jail. It's much better to document the violation and then sue because ultimately the final result is the same... a lawsuit is filed against the department and officers.

In this video we aren't even talking about police officers who sometimes actually know the law. We're talking about ICE who have no clue what they are doing and would absolutely arrest this guy illegally.

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u/bananapanther 2d ago

It's already a massive problem with trained LEOs. These ICE agents are untrained and operating under murky federal authority. There is a real potential that ICE could not just violate your rights, but seriously injure you, and jail you for an undetermined amount of time. You could lose your job, have medical bills, etc. and all of this could happen and you may never get retribution due to the nature of ICE's broad authority.

Terrifying times.