Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.

The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune.

“They asked us if we have papers. I said I do but I don’t have them on me,” Cruz, a 60-year old man with heart problems originally from El Salvador, recalled in Spanish.

The agents stood Cruz up, put him in their truck, drove around in circles, and asked questions, he said.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    742·
    10 hours ago

    Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

    Apparently green-card holders have to carry their green cards around all the time. This law was so rarely enforced that I never knew about it despite having been a green-card holder myself.

    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
      9·
      8 hours ago

      My friend got her green card about 20 years ago, and she said they made it very clear she needed to carry it at all times.

    • Fit_Series_573@lemmy.worldOP
      10·
      10 hours ago

      I guess similar to jaywalking. Very few people ever get fined/charged with it even though it being a crime in most states in the US.