> Doesn't the US have a way for immigrants to easily and unambiguously identify themselves as legal immigrants? Re: ways to easily identify yourself with docum

> Doesn't the US have a way for immigrants to easily and unambiguously identify themselves as legal immigrants? Re: ways to easily identify yourself with documents on you: this isn't always true, especially if you're stuck waiting for the American immigration bureaucracy to get you to nice and neat documents (e.g. the immigration agency, which is between months and years [0], and immigration courts, which is years if you're waiting on an asylum case [1]). For example, green cards are (mostly) eligible for renewal 90 days before their expiry – but renewals take longer than that; so you get a paper letter that extends your expired green card for 3 extra years. [2] Does carrying around a paper letter count as easy, especially if you're stopped at a dragnet, or you're detained and get separated from your belongings while things are "verified"? I don't think so. [0] https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt [1] https://tracreports.org/whatsnew/email.250320.html#:~:text=(20%20Mar%202025)%20Overall%20Backlog,of%20detained%20has%20been%20rising. https://tracreports.org/whatsnew/email.250320.html#:~:text=(... [2] https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/LPR%20Extention%2020240926.pdf https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/LPR%20Extent...