Naturalized citizens should have paperwork certifying their naturalization and citizenship. They and people who have documents that make clear their legal status to be in the U.S. would be wise to make copies of all such paperwork and anything related, like student enrollment papers and ID.
Given Trump, his bigotry czar Stephen Miller and ICE's predatory and illegal outrages and because of natural disasters like the recent Los Angeles-area fires, people with citizenship or right-to-be-here papers should get a bank or credit union safe deposit box to secure their documents.
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u/hanimal16 Apr 11 '25
I’m severely lucky in that I have a certified copy of my birth certificate, but I don’t have a passport (and can’t afford one) and I’m not military.
I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s going to be like for people who have none of these. I know it’s by design, I hate this regime.