This Land is MY Land

I20

Get this from your school. Wait on the phone line for 30 minutes
then talk to an exteremly irratated administrator.

I94

This is the arrival/departure record.
Basically they wanna know you didn't come by boat.

Passport

Now we're talking. This is a gold mine for mistakes.
Gold mine if you have a KPI for deportation as well.

Name: Why are you here? You sure you're just here to study? Are you super sure? Do you attend a good school? Is your major sensitive? Are you a terrorist? Do you love Trump? Details:

Better not have an expired student visa.
By the time you have this visa, you've paid about 600 dollars to the US government.
You've waited about 6 months.
You've been grilled by the visa interviewer.
All for this very light paper.

Physical Proof

Evidence of physical presence seems easy.
Have to prove you live at the address you have on record.
But who carries that around?

Police Clearance

Briefly describe your alleged innocence: Have you been a good boy? Are you ready to bootlick an officer if asked (politely)? How sure are you that you're squeaky clean? Any parking or speeding tickets? If you're a person of color, do you have gang ties (we'll assume yes if blank)?

How do you prove something you've never done?
Yay, police bureaucracy!
How sure are you that you don't have a speeding ticket though?

Financial Proof

You're here to learn?
Gotta prove you're rich first!

Lawyer

Many of the disappeared and deported have lawyers, too
Had

Judge

Is this your dawning hope?
Maybe, maybe not.
But Trump just fired 8 of them.