I asked Grok/AI to assemble the data....how many Americans don't-got a birth certificate.
A 2023 national survey (Brennan Center for Justice, in partnership with the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement and others) asked around 2,386 U.S. citizens aged (age 18-plus).....the question.
Based on their numbers.....nationally, they figure around 3.8 million voting-age U.S. citizens currently LACK any form of documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) or US birth.
The details? Well....concluding they were mostly lost, destroyed, stolen, or never obtained.
I paused over this.
You can't join the military or get social security....so this really crimps-up the lifestyle of the 3.8-million.
So, part of this story....if you were born in the US prior to the 1950s.....in a lot of cases....the fed/state gov't was not involved, and thus no certificate awarded. I don't argue about that.
What is obvious here.....how would you conduct banking/investing, report taxes, or get social security later in life? No one talks about the 'details'.
