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Originally Posted by Jess

"at the border" is the big difference...

Yes, but let's imagine that, once I am passed the border (after the fuckery I experience which is more often than not), and let's imagine my skin colour is not white and my hair is not blonde (which I am sure if it wasn't, the fuckery I experience would be tenfold or more), I would be terrified to not have my papers on me if he resided in Arizona.

As it is, I don't even give a thought to not having ID on me when visiting, but now I am giving it a second thought.

My point is, that, whether a resident, citizen, or visitor, the people who WILL BE targeted are NOT white and do NOT look like me. I would never be asked for papers of residency in that State b/c I don't look like the profile of an illegal resident. But, they say, profiling this is not? And, from what I understand, profiling based on race is illegal?