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ICE took their papers—and won’t give them back | Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status. (www.motherjones.com)
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Federal law requires noncitizens to carry proof of their lawful status.

The idea is to set people up for a 2nd arrest, and deportation alongside that.

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[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

That’s how they did it 100 years ago as well, because ‘the police stole my papers’ is not a valid excuse for not having papers.