India, Oct. 15 -- Rueben Antonio Cruz, a 60-year-old lawful permanent resident of Chicago, received a penalty of $130 last week by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers for failing to present his identification. According to NBC Chicago and the Chicago Tribune, it was an everyday stop that ended without any incarceration but brought attention to a long-dormant federal rule that is currently being resurrected.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council stated, "This is the second case I've seen in the last month (the first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen criminally charged for failure to carry papers."

"It's a law that's been on the books for generations but...