Now is a good time to check if you need to renew your passport or get one for the first time.
Not even as an alarmist thing, but because you want to do it NOW before any requirements change and your get distracted by the world. It’s just a good thing to have.
The full passport book is pricey ($130), but the card ($30) has all the same benefits as identification and can be used at land borders.
Just to make it clear, because I’ve also seen this (good) advice going around on other platforms and being challenged:
The main point of having a Passport in the times to come is NOT to emigrate or have the ID to claim asylum, and I pray we don’t need it for that.
The point is that Upcoming Administration wants to deport people. They will almost certainly not have the federal staff for the plans they espoused. The Passport is proof of citizenship in ways that other IDs in the US are not.
Additonally, beyond the travel book – which you should keep in a safe place similar to your Birth certificate when not traveling- you can get a wallet card. Immediate proof, right there.
This may be especially important for POC and Latine people soon.
Be safe, friends.
amhrancas 