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In reply to the discussion: Papers, please. [View all]

chowder66

(11,759 posts)
14. Here's an article on it that references the Facebook post
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 11:52 AM
Apr 2025

snip......

He said he has been riding the train for decades and he has never seen federal officers come on the train to ask if people are citizens.

He said a conductor on the train Sunday told him that in the conductor's 40 years, he has never seen anything like it.

Roberts said Baer's story is very concerning.

"It really is a very serious issue," she said. "I never thought that I would see what I have seen occur in our country today, and as a member of the judicial branch, I'm highly concerned with what I see."


https://www.havredailynews.com/story/2025/04/17/local/border-patrol-agents-question-amtrak-passengers-in-havre-about-citizenship/547792.html

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Papers, please. [View all] Swede Apr 2025 OP
Kick SheltieLover Apr 2025 #1
And another kick Attilatheblond Apr 2025 #6
Get thee to the greatest page for visibility malaise Apr 2025 #2
Our adult kids are traveling by plane and we're traveling by train this summer. woodsprite Apr 2025 #3
in any such incident with me... ret5hd Apr 2025 #7
I recently renewed my passport, and it took about six weeks. Lonestarblue Apr 2025 #9
I renewed mine shortly before Christmas MLWR Apr 2025 #10
I would consider getting a passport card as well fujiyamasan Apr 2025 #23
K&R 2naSalit Apr 2025 #4
do not comply RJ-MacReady Apr 2025 #5
And get dragged away to a detention center ... indefinitely? Auggie Apr 2025 #8
so what's your answer? RJ-MacReady Apr 2025 #13
I'll show my Real ID or passport Auggie Apr 2025 #17
If they're rightwing vigilante goons, not ICE or any other agency, what detention center would you be dragged away to? sop Apr 2025 #15
Scary to think what it could be, right? Auggie Apr 2025 #18
Their local klavern maybe, or the headquarters of a rightwing militia group. sop Apr 2025 #20
I've feared for a long time of check points at all state borders. JohnnyRingo Apr 2025 #11
The LEO in the Denver Metro Area DENVERPOPS Apr 2025 #19
Reality Iamscrewed Apr 2025 #12
Here's an article on it that references the Facebook post chowder66 Apr 2025 #14
This is terrifying, and I wonder if that Deputy Chief of Staff, Steven Miller is the architect of this program in full ShazamIam Apr 2025 #16
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. Albert Camus Ping Tung Apr 2025 #21
We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Ping Tung Apr 2025 #22
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