[yubblegum]

I have made multiple photocopies of my US passport (naturalized) that I have put in my wallet, backpacks, etc.

[Smoosh]

That won’t help you if they decide that they don’t like you.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-citizen-arrested-by-ice_n_...

[y-c-o-m-b]

In another article, I read a US citizen being detained despite showing a copy in his phone: https://archive.is/0WXZR

Edit: actually I'm not sure if he got the chance to show the copy, that info seems ambiguous:

> The federal agents who detained Mubashir refused his repeated attempts to show them a copy of his passport on his phone or provide his name and date of birth to prove his citizenship, he said. Instead, they insisted he allow them to take a photo of him to make the verification, according to Mubashir.

[chaostheory]

You can get a card version of your passport that is the same size as your driver’s license. There’s no need to photocopy your actual passport book

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

Its all a moot point because if they want to arrest you, then it doesn't matter what you show them. They're going to arrest you anyway, and suffer no consequences for doing so.

[yubblegum]

TIL. Thanks, good to know.

[bathtub365]

I wouldn’t expect them to accept photocopies of a passport

[jtokoph]

I would hope that they have access to a tool to look up the passport by number and confirm that the details match the copy and the photo appears to look like the person.