Civil Liberties

aggiesal

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19. Does anyone know which papers prove you're a US Citizen? ...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:00 PM

Jan 2018

1) Birth Certificate only proves you're born here. But doesn't stop you from relinquishing your citizenship and become a citizen of a different country. So Birth Certificate is not a document that proves citizenship.
2) Social Security Card only proves you're working here legally if it's real or illegal if you can make a faked SS card. Again SS Card is not a document that proves citizenship.
3) Drivers License is issued state by state. No possible way this could be a citizenship document.
4) Passport is probably the closest anyone could get to verify citizenship, but the State Department can issue a passport to non-US citizens at its discretion. Besides, it is not mandatory that we all get a passport. In fact, I used to have one, but it expired in 2001 and I've gone without one ever since. Passport does not prove citizenship.

So, what document does everyone have that can be considered proof of citizenship?

I don't know of any.

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Does anyone know which papers prove you're a US Citizen? ... aggiesal Jan 2018 #19

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