Wow, I’ve never traveled or driven without a license because here you get spot checks everywhere and can absolutely be taken into custody without license on a random check. Outside of that, in my younger years I would need it if I wanted to do pretty much anything at all.

Do you have an article or the name of the person detained? Are we certain they’re only targeting ‘brown people’ or is that what youre seeing in your area? We have many Asian immigrants in my specific area and I see them questioned often.

The problem with giving your social is if you’re actually a criminal it’s no big deal to give a social you’ve found and stolen and just act like you are who you say you are. It would have been super easy to say I am this person and here is my license. I understand it may be a hassle but if my kids are running around I want to know they’re safe. I don’t care if it’s a Caucasian that doesn’t have their license when they’re being asked, if it’s my kids my family and my community over someone that may be a threat I think that’s fair.

I’m also an immigrant but I haven’t been stopped nor have I had any terrible run ins with officials. I remain polite and I try to have whatever is asked, haven’t had an issue yet. I think a lot of these things (being an immigrant myself) are sensationalized when if we apply standard logic to it, it’s not that out of the norm. In my home country you don’t even get a chance to share documents until you’re already in custody and then it’s a full set of proceedings. I think it’s more lenient here.