• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    A U.S.-born citizen who was wrestled into the dirt, handcuffed and detained in a vehicle as part of an immigration raid had a REAL ID on him that was dismissed as fake, the man’s cousin said Friday.

    REAL ID, you had one job.

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    5 months ago

    I like how “REAL ID” is always in all-caps so it sounds increasingly sarcastic and incredulous

    “Apparently a REAL ID is not valid anymore. He has a REAL ID,” his cousin Shelah Venegas said. “We all made sure we have the REAL ID and went through the protocols the administration is asking for. … He has his REAL ID and then they see him and I guess because his English isn’t fluent and/or because he’s brown it’s fake, it’s not real.”

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    5 months ago

    Maybe he should just tattoo legally brown on his forearm may be have a microchip inserted for extra insurance