'uber' is an English word with a German ethnology. 'über' is a German word. That's like saying iceberg is German. u and ü are different letters. They are pronounced differently and change the meaning of words (e.g. 'Schuppe' means scale, 'Schüppe' means shovel)
Get a passport card. It's valid ID, proves you're a citizen, and doesn't have your address on it so cops and the fascists from ICE don't learn where you live. Keep the original passport somewhere secure, like you said
They were sent in a military aircraft, in shackles. Colombia didn't let the military aircraft land. Now they've been sent on a commercial flight, which wasn't a problem for Colombia
So it's period correct for an underfunded middle school in the 00s