Tell Noem: Stop Lying About “Show-Me-Your-Papers” Tactics

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is misleading the public — and her words are putting our constitutional rights at risk.

She’s telling Americans to be “prepared” to prove their citizenship — while also claiming ICE is not stopping Americans or demanding proof of citizenship. But people on the ground tell a different story. 

Across Minnesota and beyond, ICE agents are stopping people with no warrants, no probable cause, and no clear target — then pressuring them to prove they belong here. That’s unconstitutional.

Tell Kristi Noem: “Stop lying about ICE’s unconstitutional ‘show-me-your-papers’ tactics. Clearly affirm that Americans do not have to prove citizenship to live their daily lives and hold ICE officers accountable for racial profiling.”

U.S. citizens are not required to carry proof of citizenship. There is no legal “show-me-your-papers” rule in America. Yet Noem’s rhetoric normalizes exactly that — opening the door to racial profiling and unlawful stops that disproportionately target Black, Latino, Indigenous, and immigrant communities.

This is happening right now. Lawsuits are already challenging DHS for lawless arrests in Minnesota. Senator Dick Durbin has demanded answers. Legal experts agree: Noem’s statements do not square with the Fourth Amendment.

Words from a DHS secretary matter. When Noem blurs constitutional limits, she gives cover to abuses that spread fear and erode civil liberties. We can’t let that stand.

Sign now to demand DHS Secretary Noem tell the truth about ICE abuses and rein them in now.

The petition to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reads: “Stop lying about ICE’s unconstitutional ‘show-me-your-papers’ tactics. Clearly affirm that Americans do not have to prove citizenship to live their daily lives and hold ICE officers accountable for racial profiling.”