> You absolutely cannot get a bank account without an ID either.

And yet, I have multiple accounts. Go figure.

> How did you rent an apartment without ID?

I dunno. The paperwork was done like a bit more than fifteen years ago. But I've only been asked for my ID for apartment-related things once and that was to tour a place in a shitty, shitty apartment complex more than... twenty years ago.

> ...you must complete an I9 form for any new job, which requires (wait for it) an ID.

I'm pretty sure that all I've ever been asked for is name and SSN. Again, maybe this stuff is new as of the past ten, twenty years. Strong, strong anti-immigrant sentiment has a way of gripping people's hearts and making them do stupid shit.