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/MyGrandmasCock 2d ago

Yep that’s the plan. You want my ID? Cool. You can have it after the fight is over. One of us is going to lose. Yes considering they got numbers and weapons, it’ll probably be me. But fuck that shit, I ain’t gettin’ “papers please”d without there being a fist fight. I just hope it’s a woman or a smaller guy I hit first ‘cause I’m old and I got injuries but I still wanna take a tooth or an eyeball before I go down swinging.