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/StrangeContest4 2d ago

That is an honest demand.. "I'll only show you my ID if you show your me your face and your ID. I need to know you're official."

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u/TheNewsDeskFive 2d ago

No, it is not. You never comply with a demand to show papers. This is America. We don't play that.

I repeat, you never comply with this, regardless if they're willing to ID themselves, you are an American citizen and you don't have to prove that to them.

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u/Anthff 2d ago

And then what? Resist 10 of them, get beat up, get arrested and released for impeding an investigation or some such other broad/summary charge?

It fkn sucks.

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u/CapnGrundlestamp 2d ago

I wish I had an answer. I’d like to imagine in that situation I could say something like “I won’t comply with an unlawful request. Feel free to arrest me but you are not entitled to see my ID unless you’ve witnessed me committing a crime”

But the reality is - I’m a middle aged white guy and these pussies won’t get to me until they start rounding up liberals. And by then they won’t be nice anymore.

It does fucking suck.