Dana Abbott

With US citizens being detained - for most of us the only documents that prove current US citizenship are passports and passport cards. (Driver's licenses don't.) Protect yourself by obtaining a US passport (as well as a passport card to carry with you), or proof of your legal status in the US.

U.S.-Born Citizen Arrested As ‘Unauthorized Alien’ Twenty-year-old Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was detained in a Florida jail even after his mother presented his birth certificate in court.

In Florida. With birth certificate and social security card both presented in county court, and still jailed as an unauthorized alien.