You see immigration officers, you yell LA MIGRA
The whiter you look, the more of a scene you cause as a distraction. You look vaguely ethnic, you carry your passport from now on (yes, including the bunch of you half white Mexicans). American born Mexicans have been deported from the US en masse before, don’t trust your citizenship to protect you. Per the executive order today re: 14th amendment… citizenship doesn’t mean much anymore.
Name dropped Mexicans because I am one so it’s the history I know but this applies to any even vaguely nonwhite person.
Edit:
You don’t have a passport but want one asap? Book a cheap Airbnb in TJ with the date two weeks out. Call the rush passport line and get an appt (Portland or Seattle I forget). The reason for travel? Emergency dental surgery, ofc. Airbnb for evidence. Boom, passport in two weeks.
Is it cheating? Yes but also the lady at the passport call center told me to do this so 😅😅 don’t yell at me, just get your passport if anyone’s ever asked you where you’re FROM from (Also I definitely did have emergency dental surgery scheduled)
Edit two: https://tickets.uoregon.edu/passports