I'M HAPPY TO PROVE I'M WHO I AM

• The first thing the police officer says approaching my car is, "Show me your car registration and driver's license." Why? Because they need to know who it is they stopped. They need to know that the car I'm driving is mine (or so they can find out if it's legally borrowed). If there's going to be a citation, they needs to know to whom to make it. They need to know who I am.
  

• I fly somewhere about 30 - 35 weeks out of 52 weeks each year. Every time I fly, I'm required to show my ID at least twice at each airport. Once, when I get my ticket and check my bags and a second time when I pass through Security. Why? Because they need to know who I am, in case there's an accident; in case I might be a person who wishes harm to Americans; so they can match my baggage up with me when I arrive at my destination. They need to know who I am.
  

• When I use a credit card, I'm asked to show my ID. Why? To ensure that the name on the credit card and the name/photo on my ID are the same. To ensure that I'm not using a stolen card. They need to know who I am.

• Exactly like when I use a credit card, when I write a check, I'm required to show my ID. Why? Same as above. They need to know who I am.

• When I vote in my home state of Utah, I'm asked to show my ID. Why? In Utah, it is determined that something as important and sacred as voting requires that I prove who I am, so they know I'm voting legally. This isn't the case in all states, but it is here in Utah - for which I'm extremely grateful. They need to know who I am.

• I'm asked to prove my identity several times each day. Why? Because in order to be a land of laws and order, we have to know that each person is who they say they are.

Why is it so offensive that we ask anyone, white or black, brown or yellow, to show their ID and prove who they are? How do I prove who I am? In order to get a drivers license or a passport (two legal forms of ID), I'm required to prove that I'm an American Citizen. When I'm asked to show my ID, it's with the understanding that, since I'm showing a legal form of ID, I must be a legal resident and I am who I say I am.

I proudly show my ID.

Why is it so offensive to ask others to do the same?

Why do we work so hard to prove that Americans are Americans, but we find it offensive, and to many, illegal, to ask non-Americans to prove who they are? We invite them here with the lack of security we require of them. We invite them here with all the freebies we give them...



...and in return, many of them are contemptuous towards us. Many of them hate us. Many of them think we're the illegals and treat us as such.



We need to return to having secure borders and a sensible immigration policy. We don't need open borders. We need an easy way for immigrants to come here, but on our conditions, not theirs.