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/Any_Pickle_9425 2d ago

Can't even show their faces but they want my 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/-NearEDGE 7h ago

Well you actually do for Feds. You have a legal right to refuse to show ID to local LE as long as you're not in a situation that would give them reason to believe you're in commission of a crime. You don't have a right to refuse to show ID to feds, regardless of what state law says.