Oh, Raoul...
You have the cards, you have the rights and the freedom.
You don't have the cards, you can't do this or that.
...Having papers means being able to have rights so that we can deal with others to our advantage.
I'm not even sure where to start on this sad concept of "rights." There's just too much demolition work involved here.
The depressing part is that too many modern Americans are heading in the same direction.