Image: from US citizens carrying passports out of fear.

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News: 2026

January 16.   Kyler Alvord: Kristi Noem Says Americans Should Be Prepared to Prove Their Citizenship as ICE Ramps Up Raids.

January 16.   NBC News: Immigration officers around Minneapolis are approaching people and demanding proof that they’re U.S. citizens: U.S. citizens who are out walking or standing in public are not required to provide documentation or provide identification, one legal expert says.

January 31.   Madeleine Moore: U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says.

February 20.   Dermont Stevenson: They’re not saying please anymore: Arizonans are carrying more documents to prove citizenship to avoid detention.

News: 2025

October 13.   Gregory Royal Pratt: ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident.’

December 4.   Nisa Khan: Should US Citizens Carry Their Passports?

December 23.   The Guardian: ‘It’s sad we have to do this’: the US citizens carrying passports out of fear. Across the US, people have been carrying their passports amid reports of ICE detaining citizens.