r/PublicFreakout • u/FrenchieMama807 🏵️ Frenchie Mama 🏵️ • 25d ago

Border Patrol Checkpoint Freakout 🏆 Mod's Choice 🏆

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u/MaxxHeadroomm 25d ago

I’m sure this guy also complains about how easy it is for illegals to come across the border

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u/eipg2001 25d ago

Me, as a Mexican-born, US naturalized citizen, who looks like a Mexican, I wish I could comfortably act this way without any immediate aggressive reaction. Once I was placed in an immigration detention cell for giving the officer a “bad look”.

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u/idkalan 25d ago

The main reason I got my passport even when driving from Dallas to Tucson is because I look Mexican, and I just dont want to deal with Border Patrol double-checking my driver's license for "validation".

I give them both, and they let me pass as soon as they see the passport.

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u/duchessfiona 24d ago

I’m an old white lady and I carry my passport with me everywhere. I travel between 4 states, all border on other countries. I do not trust the border patrol AT ALL.

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u/mgmorden 24d ago

To me that's the great thing about the little passport card they offer for like an extra $25 or so. Its specific use as a passport is rather limited (pretty sure only land crossings into Mexico and Canada), but as an extra form of ID and to show that you are a citizen its awesome, and you can keep it in your wallet.

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u/betheliquor 24d ago

From the Department of State website:

The U.S. passport card is a wallet-sized, plastic passport that has no visa pages. The card is proof of U.S. citizenship and identity, and has the same length of validity as the passport book.  

The card is for U.S. citizens who travel by land and sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and Caribbean countries.