The purpose of social media is to be misleading
This is a Congressman from New York.
The SAVE Act would require proof of US citizenship which includes a US passport, a birth certificate, or a naturalization certificate. The cost of a birth certificate obtained directly from a government office ranges from $10 to $31.
Surveys indicate 89% of US adults have access to “proof of citizenship” documentation (a birth certificate at least), but an additional 9% do not have “ready access” because it is located elsewhere (such as college students who have them at their parent’s home, or in a safety deposit box), and 2% do not have a current birth certificate or other identification.
25 US states currently require a photo ID for voting and accept, depending on the state, any state or federal ID including driver’s licenses, state non-driver IDs, military ID, passports, free voter ID (some states), public school and college issued ID, retirement center ID, concealed carry license.
12 states accept alternative, non-photo ID (including a bill, a bank statement and a variety of other documents, showing your name and address), and 13 states have no ID requirements.
I am not arguing in favor of the SAVE Act but noting that currently, about 2% of adults would be impacted for not having a birth certificate on hand.
Others have gone even further and asserted you could not vote unless you have $165 passport and thus, the SAVE Act is a poll tax. That claim is flatly untrue.
Another misleading item from a Congressional Representative
The media spins it as an innocent grandfather and Army veteran wrongfully taken by ICE.
ICE says
“On September 18, ICE arrested Godfrey Oliver Wade, a criminal illegal alien from Jamaica. His criminal history includes domestic assault, criminal trespass, reckless conduct, deposit account fraud, violation of probation, multiple arrests for driving on a suspended license,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement provided to Newsweek. “In 2014, an immigration judge ordered him removed after he failed to show up for his immigration hearing.”
Who is Godfrey Wade? Veteran detained by ICE faces deportation
He had 52 years to apply for residency or citizenship but apparently had not done so.
In 2014, President Obama’s administration ordered Wade to be deported.
Should he be deported? Possibly not. But the media spin on these stories and the failure to report the full story and context is inexcusable.