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HappySqurriel said:
TheRealMafoo said:
HappySqurriel said:

First off, I highly doubt that any citizen would be deported for not having ID. At worst case an individual who was a citizen but had remarkably poor language skills would be detained for a very short period of time until paperwork was provided that demonstrated their citizenship.

I am an American, and speak perfect English. I am sure if I was stopped, and refused to show an officer any identification, I would be detained for longer then "a very short period".

Its all relative ...

I highly doubt someone who was in the country legally would have difficulty providing evidence of their status within a couple of hours of being detained; and (while I know nothing of Arizona's infrastructure) I would expect that simply providing the police with your name and address would enable them to look up your drivers licence information (with picture) if you had one which would resolve the issue instantaneously.

Come to think of it... I think that's how my info got looked up once.  One time I got pulled over for turning on red when there was a no turn on red during school days.

It was summer but apparently that didn't matter.  Forgot my liscense.  Gave them some info and they looked it up.