Documentation ain't going to do much for you when you're shipped off to a black hole of a prison, or tossed out of a helicopter over the ocean, or shot for resi

Documentation ain't going to do much for you when you're shipped off to a black hole of a prison, or tossed out of a helicopter over the ocean, or shot for resisting 'a lawful order to disperse' when you're protesting. So yeah, they are deciding the rules, because if you don't like their rules, and don't want to follow them, pretty soon you'll be finding yourself disappeared or provided with a half dozen new ventilation holes in your head and chest. Maybe, maybe, in some distant happy future, they will be prosecuted for their actions, if there's anyone left to argue your case that is.