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This should be fun. How many US citizens can prove they are here legally right now?
Probably with a combination of birth certificate, social security number, credit score, or some other identifier like tax records. Just speculating.
SovCitz are gonna have a blast with this
It seems like we had to prove something to get an ssn - for my kids I think it was just a checkbox on the birth record - we’ll take an ssn to go
Years ago I lost my wallet with my social security card and license in it.
My birth certificate was somewhere in the house but it had gone missing.
I had one hell of a time getting all that unraveled.
The MVA at the time was able to make an exception, I was able to bring them an overwhelming amount of personal documents and mail, They already have my image in the system.
I was able to use that and other documentation times to get a birth certificate copy, then I was able to use those documents to get a replacement social security card.
With real ID I don't even know what you'd have to go through today to get that taken care of.
It's been a long time for most of us, but we did have to provide some proof when we first registered to vote. I believe it was having a social security number, which itself has proof requirements. Most of us got our SSN at birth.
Yes, there are some holes in this, but they are very rare and limited.
As for proving citizenship currently, the eligibility documents for a passport are published. Most people have the supporting docs to get one.
Your ID proves you were here legally wherein the government has a record of your birth certificate existing even if you don't physically have said certificate on your person.
Now if we want to prove you weren't granted birthright citizenship which is absolutely and totally irrefutably a thing that trump can't legally change by fiat you would have to reference your parents which should again be on the birth cert which again the US in fact does already possess even if you have lost your copy.