Comment · Mon, June 25, 2012
Supreme Court Strikes Down Most of Arizona Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants
What they were answering
LOLN · 2 points
It isn't a crime to not have ID.
It is a crime to be here illegally.
If asking me for ID when I don't have it on me when I am a citizen causes me to be arrested, it is assuming my guilt without evidence of a crime.
The only fact is that I have no ID. There is no positive evidence for a crime being committed.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Perhaps I am not seeing the distinction. If I get pulled over and do not have my insurance card on me, but I do have insurance, I am still cited until I can prove I have it. Was that not assuming I was guilty simply due to my inability to provide my insurance card? Perhaps it's because that is a civil offense and we are talking about a criminal offense with immigration? However, if I cannot show ID, wouldn't they arrest me for driving without a drivers license anyway?