Picked up at airport

[acrow 0]

OK, this has nothing to do with the original topic, per se but...

I have heard that LPRs are required to carry the GC with them at all times but as others have mentioned, it is very expensive if it is lost. This got me to thinking... Isn't a newly issued RealID-compliant driver's license/state ID sufficient now to prove legal presence in the US? After all they won't issue it with an expiration date past your GC/visa/etc. and you need to jump through more hoops than ever to prove your identity before you can get one.

This is interesting...my sister-in-law overstayed her B1 visa and is now here illegally...she has a state issued ID that is valid. She is planning on flying domestically soon using only this ID...I told her it was a risk but she would probably be ok...now I am not sure!

Would kind of serve her right...I told her time and time again to not overstay, and we even offered to pay for her ticket home!

[Thompson2 1]

Thanks V&T! I'm going to look into a photo copy too.

[C and Lore 3]

can never be 100% sure when it comes to DHS (which TSA is part of). however TSA does have a list of names of suspected, terrorists, and other undesirables they wish to stop from travelling into or within the USA. Furthermore if they randomly decide to further screen you on your way through security they can run your name and info through their database which would show any outstanding warrants or if you're in illegally and ICE is looking for you to boot you they'll see this as well. So it could have been any of those reasons. If I were non USC, I would travel with passport and GC. When you travel out of your city you should be responisble enough not to lose passports anyway. Keep your greencard with your passport and you should be fine. In town, I agree leave it at home not worth the trouble, unless you're in Arizona (which that law is BS!)

If they put him in deportation than there's more than you know. Even possibly more than he know's. If he's on one of the FBI, CIA, or DHS no-fly lists, he would be deported for being in the country too. He could have been correctly or mistakenly added to a no-fly list after entering the country. For those who say its impossible, then explain how 5 year old's are on the FBI and DHS red flag lists?

[sus 70]

C and Lore - been through that one first hand. My cousin's son is on a no-fly list, and he's EIGHT! She had a nightmare sorting it out, and they found it out at a time that they were moving across the country.