If producing legal form of ID is good enough for the American Citizen then what is all the hullabaloo from...?

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Obama and all his cronies about?

I'm a legal American citizen and I must show my ID when: 
 1.  Pulled over by the police. 
    2.  Making purchases on my department store credit card.  
   3.  When I show up for a doctor's appointment. 
   4.  When filling out a credit card or loan application. 
   5.  When applying for or renewing a driver's license or passport.
    6.  When applying for any kind of insurance. 
    7.  When filling out college applications. 
  8.  When donating blood.
  9.  When obtaining certain prescription drugs.
 
  10.  When making some debit purchases, especially
   if I'm out of state.

11. When collecting a boarding pass for airline or train travel. 

 They are complaining if the police ask an illegal for a form of legitimate I.D.?

Anonym · Accepted Answer

Driver's licenses do not count as a proof of citizenship.

Two states that border Arizona will give driver's licenses to illegals, three did in recent history.  

So, here's the ID you would have to show to prove citizenship:
Birth certificate (original)
Passport

Do you carry those with you?  Do you show those when making debit purchases?  How about when donating blood?

So here's the situation: You are a legal US citizen with a dark complextion and a heavy accent.  Police pull you over and suspect you are an illegal immigrant.  Ask you to prove your citizenship and you pull out your New Mexico drivers license.  This doesn't count so they arrest you.  Is that fair?

I thought not.  It ain't as easy as you think it is.

EDIT: Utah and New Mexico both grant drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, hence it is not a proof of citizenship.  

http://newmexicoindependent.com/58644/nm-is-one-of-few-states-to-give-drivers-licenses-to-illegal-immigrants

Want to test it out, go into another country and try getting back into the U.S. with just your drivers license.  See how easy that is.

Anonym · Answer

what are you talking about? im so confused on what the question is. most things you listed require an ID, not sure about the credit/debit, cause i've never seen anyone need ID for it, or college aps, but a good chunk of the rest are always required. the pulling over by police, trying to get credit card (thats really good, reduces identity theft issue), insurance, drugs, license and passport, and ALWAYS needed for airport stuff

mlbjock_58 · Answer

you left one out friend, when applying for a new job we must be ready at the behest of the employer to provide doc.s proving we have the right to hold employment in the U.s but never at the ice cream parlor, baskins and robbins only care if you are hungry, it ain't like your cambridge caper out here mr. presidente

darowdomo · Answer

Exactly!  It is just another way to use the race card to try and get away with something wrong.

KerryK · Answer

The problem is not that they are being asked for their ID.  The problem is that AZ wrote a law that conflicts with Federal Law giving the US gov control over immigration, not the states.  Also racial profiling has something to do with it, but that is speculative.

If producing legal form of ID is good enough for the American Citizen then what is all the hullabaloo from...?

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