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5. ICE doesn't have to prove you immigrated here without documentation

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 12:51 AM

Jan 8

YOU have to prove you are innocent, that you are in fact a citizen.

Anyone can be detained. The burden on proof is on the detainee.

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JFC. No one is safe if they are deporting people born here. Ilsa Jan 8 #1

This fiasco is another example of why RealID is bad. Ms. Toad Jan 8 #3

I can attest to difficulties Ilsa Jan 8 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Ilsa Jan 8 #7

fuck this shithole regime bigtree Jan 8 #4