I disagree. I have a case of being respectful to the country I'm a guest in and not being a primadonna about it. I'm required by law to always carry my ID with me and to show it to government officials when asked, and they are entitled by law to be able to check my papers for whatever reason. I look like a foreigner therefore they check whether I'm a legal foreigner; the other alternatives are either 1) they don't check anyone at all (so the immigration laws aren't enforced), or 2) they check everyone regardless of how they look (so they annoy 99% of the population). I don't enjoy having my papers checked, but that's the law; I can either accept it, or leave, and being "but muh rights!" about it isn't helping anyone (especially since those people are just doing their job and aren't out to "get me" in any malicious way; don't know, maybe this is different in the US, but here it certainly isn't the case).